新概念英语-为什么英语里的鹦鹉（parrot）会伤心？

Parrot

n.鹦鹉；学舌者；应声虫

vt.机械地模仿

I am sick as a parrot for that I just broke up with my girlfriend.

我刚刚和女朋友分手了，太伤心了。

The three boys encircled the fourth, parroting his words of protest in mocking tones.

三个男孩包围了另一个男孩，用嘲弄的口气模仿他的抗议。

If a child learns something parrot fashion, they learn it by repeating it many times, but they do not really understandwhat it means.

如果一个孩子学些鹦鹉学舌般的东西，那他们只能机械地重复，但是不能真正明白它的意思。

还有什么有趣的习语与伤心有关呢?

make sb’s heart bleed

使某人伤心

This news really makes her heart bleed.

这个消息是她伤心欲绝。

feel a lump in one’s throat

喉咙梗住

I felt a lump in my throat when I heard his sudden death. 

听到他的死讯使我非常震惊。

eat one’s hear out

极度悲伤

She had been eating her hear out since her beloved pet dog died. 

自从她心爱的宠物狗死去以后，她一直沉浸在极度的悲伤之中。