2017年下半年英语六级口语备考练习（52）

　　A: Why did you go out of your way to help a personlike Joe?

　　你怎么竭尽全力地去帮助Joe?

　　B: He said he needed my help. I am not the one whosee other people suffer with folded arms.

　　他说他需要帮助，我不是那种看到别人受苦而袖手旁观的人。

　　A: Thank God that you do not have your fingersburnt and get broken-hearted.

　　感谢上帝，你没有因多管闲事而自讨苦吃到伤心透顶的地步。

　　B : What do you mean? You mean I’ll get my fingers burnt by helping him.

　　您是什么意思?您是说我会帮他而自讨苦吃。

　　A: I don’t know. But Joe would bite the hand that feeds him.

　　我不知道，但是Joe会恩将仇报的。

　　【 解词释义】

　　Bite the hand that feeds someone的字面意思是“去咬给自己喂食人的手”，比喻为“忘恩负义”或“恩将仇报”等意思。在习语词典中解释如下：To treat someone badly who has helped you in some way,often someone who has provided you with money/ To repay generosity or kindness withingratitude and injury。