今日短語(yǔ)

當(dāng)你處于 out on a limb 的情況時(shí)，這就是說(shuō)你處于一個(gè)孤立無(wú)援或者是比較危險(xiǎn)的狀態(tài)。這并不意味你的身體將受到傷害，而更多的是指一個(gè)人的處境不利，會(huì)造成尷尬或者失望。

例句

I’m going to go out on a limb here and tell you that I love you.

She really went out on a limb when she criticised the professor in front of the whole class.

請(qǐng)注意

Risk life and limb 意思就是“冒著生命危險(xiǎn)”，這種情形很可能會(huì)造成人身傷害。

例句

Racing drivers risk life and limb every time they go to work.

You’ll be risking life and limb if you go out into the storm to take photos.