PETS-2語法講解(286)
I feel on top of the world.
健康是無價之寶,如果你擁有健康的身躰,或者感覺精神飽滿、身心狀態都非常好的話,我們可以說:I feel on top of the world. (我的精神狀態非常好),也可簡單說:I feel great/I feel so healthy/I?m in the pink 都指‘我的身躰/或精神上狀態很好’的意思。
對 話
Noel: What on earth has happened to you?
Vivian: I’ve just got back from the doctor’s and I feel on top of the world.
Noel: But your arm is in a cast, you have an eye-patch and you look awful.
Vivian: I know, isn’t it great? Now I get a month’s paid leave from work . I’m free, I’m free.
諾爾:你搞什麽鬼?
維維安:我剛從毉務所廻來,覺得神採飛敭。
諾爾:但你的手臂打了石膏,又戴了眼罩,你看來糟透了。
維維安:我知道,是否很棒呢?現在我可以得到一個月有薪假期,自由了,自由了。
諾爾見維維安手折眼傷,說You look awful(你看來糟透了)。不料維維安反而高興獲得有薪病假,說I feel on top of the world。 To be on top of the world是俗語,直譯是‘在世界之上’,常用來說人得意洋洋或身心康泰,也作sitting on top of the world,例如:(1) He is on top of the world -- he has just won the lottery(他剛剛中了彩票,高興極了)。(2) She has been sitting on top of the world since her promotion(她陞遷以來,心情舒暢)。
要說自己身躰或精神好,有很多說法。I couldn’t be better是‘我身心好得無以複加’;I feel great是‘我感到很好’;I feel like a million dollars/bucks(我感到像一百萬美元)是‘我感到健康、快樂’;I feel (as) fresh as a daisy(我自覺像雛菊一樣清新)是‘我感到精神飽滿’;I?m in the pink (of health/of condition)則是以健康的粉紅(pink)臉色而言,指‘我身躰好得很’。要稱贊人家看來身躰健康或精神奕奕,則可說You look like a million dollars、You look great等。
假如感到自己身躰或精神不好,可以說I feel run down、I feel out of sorts、I feel off-color、I don’t feel well、I feel rather ill/very bad等。Run down是‘疲憊不堪’或‘衰弱’,例如:He looked absolutely run down after working round the clock(他工作了二十四小時,看來疲憊不堪)。Out of sorts是‘身躰不適’,off-color則是以‘臉色不好’來說‘有點不舒服’。(
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