我“方”了！盤點英語里好“方”的習慣表達

并不只有漢語才會把形狀變成“我好方”這類的習語的……（這并不是習語好嘛！）

“方”，square，在英語里的出鏡率可是高得驚人呢。

今天，小編就來盤點一下英語里那些讓人“方”了的表述。

to be a square peg in a round hole
方形的釘子插在圓形的孔里，指格格不入

? His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.
他在這里出現，顯得有些格格不入。

to go back to square one
由于受挫或陷入僵局而從頭開始

? The attempt failed and we had to go back to square one.
嘗試失敗了，因此我們得重新開始。

be there, or be square
一定要來，不見不散

通常是一種玩笑性質的施壓，像是說，晚上party要來哦，誰不來誰是孫子。

? There's a bunch of people going to be at John's on Saturday. Be there or be square.
一堆人周六要去約翰家聚會呢，你不能不來哦。

call sth square/square accounts
雙方扯平、互不相欠

? He deliberately insulted me but I'll square accounts with him one day.
他故意侮辱我，但總有一天我會跟他算賬的。

something doesn’t cut any squares with one
不受某事影響

? The quarrel doesn’t cut any squares with him.
他完全不受這場爭吵的影響。

to be fair and square
公平對待每個人

? I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square.
我不要求特殊照顧，我只要求您公正。

to look someone square in the eye
看著某人的眼睛，表示坦誠

? He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you."
他拉我著坐下，看著我的眼睛說，我愛你。

on the square
誠實公正地、正大光明地

? We just want this trial on the square.
我們只希望這場審判能夠正大光明地進行。

out of square
不一致；不協調

? Both reports are from supposedly reliable sources, but they are out of square.
兩份報道按說來源都可靠，但兩者卻有出入。

a square answer
坦誠的答案

? He offered us a square answer.
他給了我們一個坦誠的答案。

to square away
校正或擺好；整頓就緒

? He is trying to get all his legal troubles squared away as soon as possible.
他努力把所有法律上的麻煩搞定。

a square deal
公平交易

? The workers were offered a square deal of a 40-hour week and guaranteed overtime.
工人們得到了每周40小時和保證支付加班費的公正待遇。

a?square meal
一份完整的、營養豐富的餐食

Three square meals（經常簡化為three squares）：指早、中、晚傳統三餐。

? They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.
他們已經四五天沒吃上一頓像樣的飯了。

to square off
擺好架勢準備戰斗或比賽

? French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
在一個公路檢查站法國士兵擺開陣勢，準備迎戰一名持槍者。

to square up
解決或妥協，也指勇敢地與某人或某事對峙

? I have something to square up with you.
我有點事要和你商談解決一下。

? The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.
世界上最負盛名的保險公司昨晚作出回應，要和那些指責其腐敗泛濫的議員們較量一番。

to square one’s shoulders
挺起肩膀、胸膛，可指這一動作，也可比喻準備迎接挑戰。

? You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.
為了接下來的任務，你要做好準備。

to attempt to square the circle
做不可能的事

? It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.
從數學家面前混過去比“化圓為方”還難。

to square something with someone
與某人就某事協調或達成一致

? I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.
我征得了丹的同意，他說只要我下周一早上能回來就行。

（來源：中國日報網雙語新聞微信，編輯：左卓）