Have sb. on a short leash 管得很嚴(yán)，牢牢控制John's such a pen-peek; his wife always has him on a short leash.約翰是個“妻管嚴(yán)”，老婆對他控制得很緊。鏈接：嚴(yán)格控制某人：Keep sb. on a short leashHave someone's number 清楚某人的底細(xì)，看穿某人She dare not do anything to me. I have her number.她不敢對我怎么樣的，因為我對她的底細(xì)一清二楚。鏈接：看穿某人：see through sb.I know your numbers.I know your true color.Hayseed 鄉(xiāng)巴佬，土包子Don't look around like you are some stupid hayseed just seeing the world for the first time.別像個鄉(xiāng)巴佬似的，好像第一次出門一樣。釋義：hay：草料，干草seed：種子hayseed：原意是干草的種子。把鄉(xiāng)巴佬、土包子比喻成干草的種子，挺怪的吧！鏈接：country bumpkin 鄉(xiāng)巴佬He/ She 公/ 母，公的/母的Is this dog a he or a she?這只狗是公的還是母的？瘋狂聯(lián)想：從語法角度講，這是個典型的病句，但美國人就是這樣說的！
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