do bird可不是“做鳥”，搞錯就尷尬了！

do bird ≠ 做鳥

do bird是英國俚語，表示：坐牢。

它的英文解釋是：

to spend time in prison

(即：蹲監(jiān)獄)

在這個短語中bird來自押韻俚語birdlime time

birdlime是“粘鳥膠”的意思，

鳥被粘住就動彈不得，像被監(jiān)禁一樣。

所以，do bird就引申為“坐牢”。

例：

After doing bird for the past five years, Mark is getting released from jail today.

馬克在監(jiān)獄里蹲了五年牢，今天就要出獄了。

類似地do time也表示

to spend a period of time in prison

(在監(jiān)獄)服刑

例：

It's not always easy to find a job after you've done time.

出獄后要找到工作可不容易。

get the bird

這里的bird，就有起哄的意思了，這個詞組的意思是(被)喝倒彩;受到(豎中指的)侮辱;(被)解雇，帶有對人不利的意思

例：

The singer got the bird when she came out on stage.

這位歌手一出現(xiàn)在舞臺上人們便以噓聲嘲弄她。

like a bird

like a bird

這個短語可不是

字面意思“像鳥一樣”這么簡單，

它的實際意思是“運轉(zhuǎn)良好”

例：

His new car really goes like a bird.

他的新車真是行駛自如呀。

not say a dicky bird

什么也不說

例：

We've had him detained for four hours, but he won't say a dicky bird to us about his involvement in the robbery.

我們已經(jīng)拘留了他四個小時，但他卻不肯告訴我們他也參與了搶劫

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