迷你對話學地道口語第472期:非常健康
Subject:Fit as a fiddle
迷你對話
A:Hi, Clive. Nice to meet you. How is your mother now?
你好,Clive。很高興見到你,你媽媽最近怎樣?
B:Thank you. She is fit as a fiddle.
謝謝。她身體非常健康。
地道表達
fit as a fiddle
1. 解詞釋義
Fit as a fiddle的意思是 in very good health,譯為:非常健康。這種說法大約出現在1616年,有一種猜想認為這和年邁的街頭fiddler即“提琴手”有關。他們日復一日地在街頭演奏,非常消耗體力,為確保演奏總是連綿不斷並且充滿激情,他們必須具備充沛的體力和旺盛的精力。按照這種說法,fit as a fiddle應該改為fit as a fiddler才合適,但是至今還未見過這個用法。有趣的是,用fiddle代替fiddler的說法還不少,如:He is second fiddle. 它是二提琴手。
2 典型例句
e.g. You may feel sick now, but after a few days of rest and plenty of liquids, you'll be fit as a fiddle.
你現在可能生病了,但是休息幾天,吃些流體飲食,你就會精神好起來的。
e.g. Grandfather: Are you sure you'll be able to climb all these stairs?
你真的可以爬樓梯嗎?
Grandmother: Of course! I feel fit as a fiddle today.
當然了,我現在身體非常健康。
e.g. In spite of the long trip, Alice arrived looking fit as a fiddle.
雖然經過長途旅行,愛麗斯到達的時候還是顯得神采奕奕。
e.g. He was fit as a fiddle when he came back from abroad.
他從國外回來時身體很好。
3 視野拓展
詞語也可以用作as fit as a fiddle。
e.g. He is as fit as a fiddle though he is already seventy.
儘管已經七十歲了,他還是非常健康。
e.g. I'm not sick; on the contrary, I'm as fit as a fiddle.
我沒有病;恰恰相反,我的身體棒極了。