职场英语流行美语及对话:button up one's lips 闭口不言,守口如瓶
button up one's lips 闭口不言,守口如瓶
button作名词是"扣子",此处用作动词意为"扣紧上".Button up表示"扣紧",比如:button up one's coat.(把外衣纽扣扣紧。)button up one's lip常用于美国俚语中,表示"住嘴,闭口".
A: Did they find a way at last? 他们最后找到办法了吗?
B: Yes, they worked out a plan. 是的,他们制定出一项计划。
A: I'm most curious about what the plan is. 我很想知道是什么计划。
B: But they buttoned up their lips about it. 可他们对此守口如瓶
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词组及俚语扩展:和lips嘴唇有关的词组及俚语大全
an upper lip 上唇
an under [a lower] lip 下唇
be as close as the lips are to the teeth = be closely related as lips and teeth 唇齿相依
i heard it from his lips. 我听他亲口讲的
she never opened her lips. 她从来不开口
don't give me any lip! 别讲这种荒唐话!不要这么无礼! none of your lip! 〔俚语〕别放肆! be steeped to the lips in 深陷…之中
bite one's lip (为压制感情)咬紧嘴唇
button up one's lip 〔美俚〕住嘴,保守秘密
carry [have, keep] a stiff upper lip 倔强,固执;坚持下去
curl the [one's] lip 撇嘴〔表示轻蔑或讨厌〕
escape [pass] sb.'s lips (话)无意中说漏嘴
from the lips outward 不假思索地;敷衍地
hang on sb.'s lips 被某人的话迷住,听得入神
hang one's lip 沮丧
lick [smack] one's lips (馋得)舐嘴唇;垂涎三尺
make (up) a lip (因不平、生气等而)撅嘴
on sb.'s lips (话)就在嘴边
on the lips of 1. 在…中间流传 2. 出诸…之口,挂在…嘴上
part with dry lips 没有接吻即分手
pass one's lips 1. 被某人吃掉[喝完] 2. 被某人冲口说出
put [lay] one's finger to one's lips 把手指搁在嘴唇上 〔叫人沉默时的手势〕
read sb.'s lips 揣摩某人的口气
refuse toopen one's lips 拒不开口
rush to one's lips (话)一齐涌到嘴边
seal sb.'s lips 封住某人嘴巴,禁止某人说话
shoot out one's lips 蔑视地撅嘴
zip your lips! 〔美俚〕闭嘴!
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