
窈窕淑女,君子好逑。你很不愿相信淑女会发脾气吧?谦谦君子,温润如玉。你也很不愿意相信a relaxed and cool kind of person会发脾气吧吧。但是,如果你说你自己 never lose your rag,我可一定不相信。
To lose your rag,丢了一块布?字面意思很好理解,just lose a bit of cloth, a rag? 事实上,to lose your rag 这个短语不只是字面意思那么简单,它其实是说发脾气,生气。To lose your rag means to lose your temper, to become infuriated, to become angry!
举个例子吧。夫妻哪有不生气吵架的,下面的这对小夫妻就lose their rag了。
A: Oh I've just about had enough of living in London, I can't bear it!
B: Ok, don't lose your rag!
A: Do you mind? I'm not losing my rag, you are!
B: I'm not losing my rag, I'm just well angry.
A: There, I told you!
我们再举个例子,例子中的小伙子已经不是动怒那么简单了,他开始动手打人了!
A: Do you see that? Phil's groping my girlfriend!
B: Ok mate, don't lose your rag...
A: Too late, I punched him in the face.