Subject：I promise I will wring your neck.

迷你對話

A: If I catch you one more time sneaking and drinking my whiskey, I promise you I’ll wring your neck.

要是我在看到你溜進來偷喝我的威士忌的話，我保證饒不了你。

B: OK. Dad.

好的，爸爸。

地道表達

wring one’s neck

1. 解詞釋義

Wring是“使勁擰”的意思。Wring one’s neck來自于殺雞的一種方式：把雞脖子擰斷，機就喪命了。Wring one’s neck直接翻譯就是“擰斷某人的脖子”，引申為“重重處罰某人，不會繞過某人”。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. I feel sorry for Miss Jones who teaches that second grade class. She has such noisy, unruly kids that she must feel like wringing their necks every day.

我可真同情教兩年級那個班的Jones小姐。她那些孩子這樣吵吵鬧鬧、無法無天，我想她每天簡直都恨不得掐斷他們的脖子。

e.g. If he ever makes a pass at you, I'll wring his neck.

如果他敢對你輕舉妄動，我就擰斷他的脖子。

e.g. If I had you in my hands, I would wring your neck!

假如我捉到你的話，我要擰斷你的脖子。

e.g. If I find the person who did this, I'll wring his neck!

我要是找出這是誰干的, 我非掐死他不可!

Ps：catch sb doing的意思是“撞見某人做某事”。意思是指某人在做某事的時候，一個人捉住他。

I caught a boy stealing apples from the garden.我撞見一個男孩兒偷園里的蘋果。

You won't catch me working on a Sunday!你決見不到我在星期日工作!