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3、与Friday有关的:
Friday——忠仆,随从(源自鲁滨逊漂流记)。
Man Friday——男忠仆。
Girl Friday——得力助手(尤指女秘书)。
Pal Friday——极受信赖的女秘书。
Friday face——神色不佳之人。
Black Friday——不幸的礼拜五,即有任何灾难发生的礼拜五;复活节前之礼拜五(神职人员于此日着黑装)。
Good Friday——耶稣受难节。
T.G.I.F ( Thank God it’s Friday )——报纸上刊出招聘一名能干的女职员的广告。
4、与Saturday有关的:
Saturday-to-Monday——周末休假;周末的。
Black Saturday——黑色星期六(指工人已预借工资无钱可领的星期六)。
Saturday night special——便于周末作案的小手枪。
Saturday night massacre——星期六夜晚大屠杀(指尼克松任总统期间白宫在1973年10月20日,周六晚上宣布解除水门时间特别检查官考克斯的职务,并解除拒绝把考克斯解职的司法部长理查森和副部长拉克尔职务)。
5、与“星期”名称有关的几个名谚:
He that sings on Friday , shall weep on Sunday ; He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday .
乐极生悲。
Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a Sunday .
节日假期,不宜选妻。(意指平时女子穿便服,故能更好地对之进行观察)。
Come day , go day , God send Sunday .
过了一天又一天,上帝快给个星期天。(此乃懒惰者的愿望,亦指懒惰的佣人盼望工作时间快快过去,休息和发工钱的日子快快到来)。
附几个句子:
1、 Mary , a well-known Sunday painter's girl Friday , went to the art exhibition in her Sunday best yesterday and made a hit with all the gentlemen there who seemed to have Sunday-go-to-meeting manners .
2、 Joe slumped into his chair at the breakfast table , "monday morning feeling again ,dear? " asked his wife .
3、 ——I know it must be the battery .
——yeah , why didn’t you tell me earlier ? Monday morning quarterback .
4、 Friday , September 24 , the day the financial panic of 1869 began , has since been known as black Friday .
5、 He bought a Saturday night special from a Sunday driver .
6、 On the average they receive about five or six hundred calls a day , but this rises to close to a thousand calls after occasions like Richard Nixon's "saturday night massacre".
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