Question

    Many of the expressions using water have different kinds of meanings in English. “ Throwing cold water” means “ not to like an idea”. For example,you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems but your parents throw cold water on the idea,because they think a new car costs too much.

    “Water over the dam”is another expression about a past event. It’s something that has been finished and can’t be changed. The expression comes from the idea water has run over a dam and it can’t be brought back again. When a friend is troubled by a mistake he has made,you might tell him to forget about it. You can say “It’s water over the dam”.

    “Be in hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got the meaning from throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a town. That happens no longer,but we still get into hot water. When we are in hot water,we are in trouble.lt can be any kind of trouble,serious or not serious. A person who breaks a rule can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he walks in a house with dirty shoes. 

l.If your partner breaks your glasses,you want him to forget about it,you might say“      ”. 

2. When uncle Clark missed the flight,we can say that“      ”.

3. If one of our friends wants to spit in public,we will       on him.

4. 把文中画线部分翻译成汉语

5. What’s the best title of this passage?

                                                                                            

Answer 1

1. It’s water over the dam

2. Be in hot water

3. throw cold water

4. 这个表达来自这个观点——水已经流过大顼，它不可能再回来。

5. Different expressions using water,different meanings