A Brazilian football fan wears a mask at the Mineirao Stadium, while watching a FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between Brazil and Uruguay. Photo: Michael Regan/ Getty Images
Women from the Suri tribe in Ethiopia use clay lip plates. From an early age, they pierce and stretch their lips to accommodate the plates. The size of a woman's plate determines the number of cows her family will receive when she marries.
埃塞俄比亞蘇瑞部落的女子都使用粘土唇盤(pán)。她們從小就給嘴唇穿孔并通過(guò)佩戴唇盤(pán)來(lái)拉伸她們的下唇。一個(gè)女子佩帶唇盤(pán)的大小將決定她出嫁時(shí)娘家收到奶牛的數(shù)量。
今日短語(yǔ)
To give someone some lip 的字面意思是給某人一些嘴唇，但實(shí)際表達(dá)的意思是頂嘴，出言不遜。
例句
That rude young boy gave me some lip when I asked him to stop smoking.
She gave her neighbour some lip because she was in bad mood. Now he wants to move house!
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)同嘴巴有關(guān)的成語(yǔ)是 to pay lip service 意思是說(shuō)得好聽(tīng)，沒(méi)有行動(dòng)，甚至言不由衷。比如你說(shuō)你支持什么事情，但實(shí)際并非如此。
The food industry is only paying lip service to government campaigns to make people eat a healthy diet. Their products are very high in salt and sugar.
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