Big mouth 大嘴巴
A man opens a camel's mouth wide at a camel fair in Pushkar in India. Photo: Roberto Schmidt / AFP
今日小常識
Thousands of camels are traded each November at the Pushkar Camel Fair in Rajasthan in India. Buyers always check a camel's teeth, as good teeth are a sign of good health.
每年11月在印度拉賈斯坦邦舉行的駱駝節(jié)上，上千只駱駝會被買賣交易。買家們會通過檢查駱駝的牙齒來判斷它們的總體健康狀況。這是因為駱駝只要牙齒好，身體就好。
今日短語
如果有人說你是個 big mouth 或者有一張 big mouth, 那就是說你管不住自己的嘴，不能保守秘密。
例句
Fran's got such a big mouth. She's been telling everyone that I'm engaged. I wanted to tell them myself.
Oh no, me and my big mouth! I made Alex feel upset when I mentioned his dead cat.
Don't be such a big mouth. You should learn to keep other people's problems to yourself.
請注意
短語 to bad-mouth 某人的意思就是在背后說人壞話。
She's always bad-mouthing her friends. I really don't like it.
