当一只猫生气的时候，它往往把它的背拱起来，嘴巴里还发出呼呼的声音，显得它随时准备施展它那爪子的威力。美国一个常用语就出自猫的这种形像。 这个常用语就是：to get one's back up。To get one's back up就是生气的意思。下面这句话是一个妻子在说他的丈夫：
例句-1: One thing really gets my back up -- the way my husband leaves his clothes on the bed or on the floor so I have to pick them up all the time.
她说：我的丈夫总是把衣服往床上、地上乱扔，我老得把它们拣起来，真叫我生气。
可是，妻子的批评使做丈夫的也很生气。他对朋友说：
例句-2: And there's one thing that really gets my back up: my wife nagging at me to hang my clothes up as soon as I walk in the house at night after a hard day at the office.
他说：每天在办公室辛苦地工作了一天，可是晚上一走进家门，我老婆就开始唠叨，要我把衣服挂好。这实在让我生气。
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要是你觉得背上某一个地方痒痒，而你自己又抓不到。这是很难受的。在这种情况下，最好有人替你抓一下。美国人有一个普遍的说法，那就是：to scratch one's back。 To scratch one's back从字面上来看就是“抓某人的背”。它的真正含义是：某人帮了你一下忙，而这个帮你忙的人也期望你下回帮他的忙。因此，to scratch one's back实际上就是：这回你帮我忙，下回我就帮你的忙。例如，一个参议员对他的高级助手说：
例句-3: This senator from the 11th district scratched my back when he voted for my bill to cut state income taxes, so it's my turn to do him a favor and vote for that bill for more money for roads in his district.
这位参议员说：上回在投票通过我提出的有关裁减州所得税的提案时，第十一选区的参议员投了我一票，帮了我的忙。所以，现在是该我帮他忙的时候了，我得投票赞成为他的选区修建公路增加拨款的提案。
这种现象在政客当中很普遍，但是做买卖的也要相互给好处，请听这位推销员说的话：
例句-4: In my business it's important to scratch each other's back. Say a customer does me a favor by giving me an extra big order. The next time he's in town I might take him out to dinner and a Broadway show.
这位推销员说：干我们这一行，相互帮忙是很重要的。要是一位顾客订了特别大的一批货，帮了我的忙。下次他再到这个城市来的时候，我可能得请他吃晚饭和到百老汇去看演出。
例句-1: One thing really gets my back up -- the way my husband leaves his clothes on the bed or on the floor so I have to pick them up all the time.
她说：我的丈夫总是把衣服往床上、地上乱扔，我老得把它们拣起来，真叫我生气。
可是，妻子的批评使做丈夫的也很生气。他对朋友说：
例句-2: And there's one thing that really gets my back up: my wife nagging at me to hang my clothes up as soon as I walk in the house at night after a hard day at the office.
他说：每天在办公室辛苦地工作了一天，可是晚上一走进家门，我老婆就开始唠叨，要我把衣服挂好。这实在让我生气。
******
要是你觉得背上某一个地方痒痒，而你自己又抓不到。这是很难受的。在这种情况下，最好有人替你抓一下。美国人有一个普遍的说法，那就是：to scratch one's back。 To scratch one's back从字面上来看就是“抓某人的背”。它的真正含义是：某人帮了你一下忙，而这个帮你忙的人也期望你下回帮他的忙。因此，to scratch one's back实际上就是：这回你帮我忙，下回我就帮你的忙。例如，一个参议员对他的高级助手说：
例句-3: This senator from the 11th district scratched my back when he voted for my bill to cut state income taxes, so it's my turn to do him a favor and vote for that bill for more money for roads in his district.
这位参议员说：上回在投票通过我提出的有关裁减州所得税的提案时，第十一选区的参议员投了我一票，帮了我的忙。所以，现在是该我帮他忙的时候了，我得投票赞成为他的选区修建公路增加拨款的提案。
这种现象在政客当中很普遍，但是做买卖的也要相互给好处，请听这位推销员说的话：
例句-4: In my business it's important to scratch each other's back. Say a customer does me a favor by giving me an extra big order. The next time he's in town I might take him out to dinner and a Broadway show.
这位推销员说：干我们这一行，相互帮忙是很重要的。要是一位顾客订了特别大的一批货，帮了我的忙。下次他再到这个城市来的时候，我可能得请他吃晚饭和到百老汇去看演出。
