英语特另外常用字眼
举一些例子供巨匠参考。
1. Head Start
如果这两个字开头的字母是年夜写，则连在一同是一个专著名词，指的是美国政府为贫苦或弱智的儿童设立的一种练习机构，匡助他们，希看他们在进小学之前能赶上教学进度。也便是：U.S. government tries to give extra－ help for those underprivileged children before entering first grade. (underprivileged比poor更委婉些)
例如：
Many poor parents send their children to Head Start.
可是如果head start的字母是小写，那么便是通俗名词了，是指比別人早动手，或争先、有利，即：advance start or advantage
例如：
To know more colloquial expressions is a head start in learning English. (了解更多的俗语对学习英语有利益。)
2. blue blood
是指有钱人或出身富家的人 (rich or wealthy people)
例如：
Some people do not want to admit that they have blue blood. (有些人不愿供认自己是富家出身。)
Many blue blooded children attend this private school. (良多有钱人家的孩子就读这所私立黉舍。)
3. bed of roses
意思是心满意足的境遇；美好、理想的"安泰窝"(everything seems to be wonderful)
例如：Life is not always a bed of roses. (糊口未必都是心满意足的。)
4. from soup to nuts
意思是从头到尾，自始至终；或是网罗万象，完整细致（多数是指物品方面）。
例如：
This store sells everything from soup to nuts. (这家市肆出售的货物网罗万象。)
My office is supplied from soup to nuts. (我办公室里的用品非常完全。)
可是如果指知识丰硕的话，则不用这个词，而是每每用 from A to Z来表达，。
例如：
Mr. Greenspan knows economics from A to Z. (格林斯潘西席在经济方面的知识极度丰硕。)