| 释义 |
Examples:cut off the left ear of the slain—lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off—Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan—fig. off the beaten track—The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.—lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse—(of a measuring device) go off the scale—Santa Cruz Island, off the California coast—virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—close the passes and seal off the country—Devil's Island, notorious French prison off the coast of French Guyana—the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—cutting off the ears as punishment—fig. throw off the reins—(phone) ring off the hook—Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast)—sleep off the effect of drink—cut off the flesh as punishment—Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu—send sb out (e.g. off the field for a foul)—in order get off the hook—flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry)—lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea [idiom.]—live off the fat of the land [idiom.]—Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)—wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)— |