Subject：He is as proud as a peacock.

　　迷你對話

　　A: Wendy got good grades again. She is clever but she is as proud as a peacock!

　　Wendy又拿到了高分。他很聰明，但是很驕傲。

　　B: Well, never mind.

　　哎，別介意。

　　地道表達

　　proud as a peacock

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Proud as a peacock是“極其驕傲”的意思。其英文解釋為：overly proud; vain。使用的時候，通常和as連用，即為：as proud as a peacock.

　　英漢民族的審美角度是不同的，我們注重peacock(孔雀)開屏時的美麗，認識它是美麗吉祥的象征，而公雞是“驕傲”的化身，因為它總是把頭昂得高高的，尾巴翹上了天，一副盛氣凌人的樣子。而西方人不注重孔雀美麗的一面，相反認為她很驕傲。所以英美人在形容一個人驕傲，狂妄或愛慕虛榮的時候，就把他比作peacock。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Mike's been strutting around proud as a peacock since he won that award.

　　麥克獲得榮譽后，一直都是趾高氣揚地逗游，極其驕傲。

　　e.g. I sometimes think Elizabeth must spend all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's as proud as a peacock.

　　有時候，我認為伊麗莎白整天都在鏡子面前炫耀自己，極其驕傲。

　　e.g. She was proud as a peacock when she passed her driving test at the first attempt.

　　她第一次參加駕駛考試就順利過關，便洋洋得意起來。

　　e.g. June is as proud as a peacock after winning her first swimming certificate.

　　瓊自從獲得了第一游泳證書后非常驕傲，瞧不起人。

　　Ps：get good grades：考試考得好，成績優秀 never mind：別介意