“wear two hats”是“戴两顶帽子”?
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    wear two hats

    字面意思上看就是

    “戴两顶帽子”,

    但其实hat还有一个引申义

    hat

    used to refer to one of the various jobs or responsibilities that someone has

    职位,职责

    -This is me with my manager s hat on talking.

    我这是以经理的身份在讲话。

     

    比如说wear the hats of director and actress就是身兼导演和女主角两职。所以,wear two hats的意思就是“身兼两职”

    由此我们拓展几个短语:

    wear another hat 做另一份工作

    wear more than one hat 身兼不止一个职位

    wear many hats 身兼数职

     

    帽子

     

    wear the trousers

    (especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people

    (尤指女性)掌权当家,占主导地位,在一段关系中能掌控一切或者有决定权(常被用来泛指有决定权或最后的发言权)。

    -In China men usually wear the trousers at home.

    在中国,男人通常是一家之主。

     

    帽子

     

    wear sackcloth and ashes

    sackcloth是粗布衣,ash是灰,表面上是说一个人披麻蒙灰的样子,实际是指一个人为了表示自己道歉的诚意而穿着朴素,有点负荆请罪的感觉

    to show by your behaviour that you are very sorry for something you did that was wrong

    用你的举动表示你因为做了错事而极其懊悔,处于忏悔中

    -I broke a vase and my wife made me wear sackcloth and ashes for a week!

    我打碎了一个花瓶,我妻子让我悲切忏悔了一个星期!

     

    帽子

     

    wear thin

    If your patience wears thin, you become less and less patient.

    如果你的耐心wears thin,那就是说你逐渐失去耐心

    -I ve warned you several times about being late and my patience is wearing thin.

    我多次警告你不要迟到,我对你已经失去耐心了。

     

    帽子

     

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