B項源于英國人有一句成語說：A little bird told me（是一只小鳥告訴我的）.這句成語也有神話色彩——它出自《圣經(jīng)-傳道書》第十章：‘傳音自有云間鳥,述事豈無眾羽蟲’(.a bird of the air shall carry the voice,and that which hath wings shall tell the matter).
當(dāng)然,英國人說A little bird told me的時候,不是真的表示自己懂得鳥語,只是用開玩笑口吻避免透露消息來源,例如：
"How did you know he was going to resign?"（你是怎么知道他會辭職的?）
" Ah,a little bird told me."（啊,是小鳥告訴我的.）
A項.    feet of clay按字面解釋“泥巴做的腳”,這個意思的確令人費(fèi)解,其實它的確切解釋應(yīng)該是“內(nèi)在缺陷、致命的弱點(a hidden weakness,usually of morals or principles)”,尤其指令人景仰的一些大人物的內(nèi)在缺點.例如:"He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay." 習(xí)語feet of clay 也就有了“內(nèi)在缺陷、致命的弱點”的意思.
C項kill the fatted calf 設(shè)宴慶祝的意思
D項She was the salt of the earth.
　　她沒有一點壞心眼.
　　古人認(rèn)為,鹽是珍貴的天賜之物,可以防止腐爛.固定搭配the salt of the earth就用來形容那些沒有壞心的人.
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