Subject: You could stop a clock.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Oh, my God. You could stop a clock.

　　天啊，你的脸色很差。

　　B: I have been sick for two weeks.

　　我已经病了两个星期了。

　　地道表达

　　stop a clock

　　1. 解词释义

　　Stop a clock在美国英语中用来形容一个人样子非常丑陋，难看。如果一个人生病了，特别是病得很严重的时候，他的脸色是很难看的。所以人们后来用表示样子难看的stop a clock来表示一个人“身体不舒服”的样子。对话中的“You could stop a clock. ”的意思是“你看起来很不舒服。”

　　2. 典型范例

　　e.g. Why is she still single? She must have a face that would stop a clock.

　　为什么她还是单身呢?她一定长得很丑。

　　e.g. I could stop a clock with this cold.

　　我感冒了，很不舒服。

　　e.g. The child makes a pig of himself at dinner and now could stop a clock.

　　那孩子在晚餐时吃得太多，现在感到很不舒服。

　　e.g. I could stop a clock last weekend, but I'm as right as rain now.

　　上周末我很不舒服，可现在完全好了。