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参赛者姓名: 黄伊康熊

参赛短文题目: Crazy Idioms

    A person’s mouth is important for eating and speaking. The mouth is also used in many popular expressions.

    You are able to “put your foot in your mouth”. It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But in some situations, it does make sense. For example, if you say something which makes someone feels embarrassed or causes an embarrassing situation, you have put your foot in your mouth.

    Someone is said to be “all mouth and trousers”. It means that he is blustering and boastful, showing off without having the qualities to justify it.

    It is always lucky for someone who was “born with a sliver spoon in his mouth”. We use this expression to describe someone who was born into a rich family. The opposite of this expression is to “live hand to mouth”, which is used to describe living in a poor condition or spending every cent on necessities.

    Whenever we are in a difficult situation, we need to avoid the state of “down in the mouth”. In other words, we need to avoid the feeling of discouragement, depression or sadness.

    One unusual expression is “looking a gift horse in the mouth”. This expression describes the situation when you receive a gift and then you measure the value of that gift. For instance, if you receive a birthday gift from your girlfriend, but you question the value of that gift. You girlfriend would to reply your question with “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” and you would leave “a bad taste in her mouth”, which mean that your girlfriend would have a bad impression of your behavior.

    My last expression is “word of mouth”. This idiom is also chosen by the BBC as the name of a radio 4 program. Word of mouth means news or information that travels from people to people. It is an original and important way that we communicate with each other.