"You're on fire“不是”你着火啦"!小心老外翻白眼~

You're on fire.

你状态真好！真有精神！

我们知道"fire"是"火"的意思:

light a fire

点火

put out a fire

灭火

那么on fire肯定是"着火"的意思啦！没错，on fire 确实有"着火"的意思，比如:

The house is on fire.

房子起火了！

但是，今天要告诉大家的是，这个on fire,可不仅仅是着火的意思。fire还可以表示:

"情绪饱满，热情高涨，高水平发挥",

例句

Man, You are on fire!

哥们儿，你状态真不错！

You guys were on fire in the last quarter.

你们最后一节真是打得太棒了。

quarter ['kw??t?] 节

再给大家补充几个关于fire的短语：

1

open fire

开始

例句

If you have any questions, open fire now.

如果你们有什么问题要问，请现在开始提。

2

go through fire and water

赴汤蹈火，不顾艰险

例句

He would go through fire and water for his country.

他为了国家赴汤蹈火也在所不惜。

3

add fuel to the fire

火上加油

例句

You're only adding fuel to the fire if you try to comfort him.

你现在去安慰他无异于火上加油。

fuel [fj??l] 燃料