名人教你讲英文：和身体有关的惯用语 (4)

名人教英文：和身体有关的惯用语 (4)

今周续谈和身体部位有关的惯用语，这次介绍的惯用语与嘴巴相关。

leave a bad/sour taste in someone's mouth，口中留下酸涩的味儿，意即留下不好的印象或记忆，例如：this year's budget left a bad taste in people's mouths despite concessions given by the government later on.

预算案未正视香港的贫穷问题，不少低收入市民过着“手停口停”的生活 ：a lot of people live from hand to mouth.

世上有人收入仅以糊口，也有人含着银匙出世，英文说法正是born with a silver spoon in one's mouth。

预算案风波的教训是：高官不但要制订合宜的政策，而且要懂得应对媒体。英文惯用语put one's foot in one's mouth解作失言：the politician put his foot in his mouth when he told a discriminatory joke about the minorities.