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迷你對話：

A:It seems that something is praying heavy on you.What’s the matter?

A:你看上去心事重重，怎么回事？

B:Igot my father’s goatlast night.

B:做完我惹我父親生氣了。

A:What did you do to get his goat?

A:你做了什么惹你父親生氣了？

B:When I asked him to treat me like he does to my sisters, he jumped down my throat. So I took it out on him by telling him what I thought.

B:當我要求像對待我姐姐那樣對待我時，他對我連連訓斥，所以我就發泄了一通，把心里的想法告訴了他。

地道表達：

get someone’s goat

解詞釋義：

這個習語源于英國賽馬比賽。從前在賽馬比賽中有個習俗，即把一頭山羊和要參加比賽的馬關在一起。據說山羊和馬為伴，能是暴躁的馬平靜下來。如果大賽前夕把山羊拖走，馬屁就會心神不寧。這樣，第二天的比賽就大打折扣。這種卑劣的手法就使人十分惱火，因此就用這個習語來比喻“使人惱怒，使人生氣”。

支持范例：

Eg.It reallygot Mr. Brown's goatwhen he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets.

不得不等上兩個小時才拿到飛機票實在是讓布朗先生生氣。

Eg.The students did their best toget the teacher's goat.

學生們想方設法惹這位老師發火。

Eg.She has a quick temper.Such little things willget her goat.

她脾氣不好，這么點小事就能惹她發火。

詞海拾貝：

1.jumped down one’s throat：突然對某人動怒；嚴厲斥責，憤怒指責

Eg.The teacherjumped down Billy's throatwhen Billy said he did not do his homework.

當比利說自己沒有做家庭作業時，老師對比利進行了嚴厲批評。

Eg.Hejumped down my throatat the mention of his wife.

一提他妻子他就暴跳如雷。

Eg.He is a tartar, each time I met him he wouldjump down my throat.

他是個刺頭，我每次遇到他，他都那么火氣十足。

2.take out on somebody：對......發泄，把情緒發泄在某人或某物，遷怒于......

Eg.Get it off your chest if you feel you've been wronged. Don'ttake it out onothers.

你有委屈就說出來, 不該拿別人出氣。

Eg.I know you've had a bad day but here's no need totake it out onme!

我知道你不痛快，可是也用不著拿我撒氣呀！

Eg.It's not my fault that you've had a bad day, don'ttake it out onme.

你這一天過得不愉快不是我的錯，別拿我出氣。

Eg.What have the kids done to provoke you? Why should youtake it out onthem?

孩子們沒招你惹你的，你干嗎拿他們當出氣筒？