并不只有漢語(yǔ)才會(huì)把形狀變成“我好方”這類(lèi)的習(xí)語(yǔ)的……（這并不是習(xí)語(yǔ)好嘛！）

“方”，square，在英語(yǔ)里的出鏡率可是高得驚人呢。

今天，小編就來(lái)盤(pán)點(diǎn)一下英語(yǔ)里那些讓人“方”了的表述。

to be a square peg in a round hole
方形的釘子插在圓形的孔里，指格格不入

? His appearance here is like a square peg in a round hole.
他在這里出現(xiàn)，顯得有些格格不入。

to go back to square one
由于受挫或陷入僵局而從頭開(kāi)始

? The attempt failed and we had to go back to square one.
嘗試失敗了，因此我們得重新開(kāi)始。

be there, or be square
一定要來(lái)，不見(jiàn)不散

通常是一種玩笑性質(zhì)的施壓，像是說(shuō)，晚上party要來(lái)哦，誰(shuí)不來(lái)誰(shuí)是孫子。

? There's a bunch of people going to be at John's on Saturday. Be there or be square.
一堆人周六要去約翰家聚會(huì)呢，你不能不來(lái)哦。

call sth square/square accounts
雙方扯平、互不相欠

? He deliberately insulted me but I'll square accounts with him one day.
他故意侮辱我，但總有一天我會(huì)跟他算賬的。

something doesn’t cut any squares with one
不受某事影響

? The quarrel doesn’t cut any squares with him.
他完全不受這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)吵的影響。

to be fair and square
公平對(duì)待每個(gè)人

? I ask no odds, I just want you to be fair and square.
我不要求特殊照顧，我只要求您公正。

to look someone square in the eye
看著某人的眼睛，表示坦誠(chéng)

? He sat me down, looked me square in the eye and said, "I love you."
他拉我著坐下，看著我的眼睛說(shuō)，我愛(ài)你。

on the square
誠(chéng)實(shí)公正地、正大光明地

? We just want this trial on the square.
我們只希望這場(chǎng)審判能夠正大光明地進(jìn)行。

out of square
不一致；不協(xié)調(diào)

? Both reports are from supposedly reliable sources, but they are out of square.
兩份報(bào)道按說(shuō)來(lái)源都可靠，但兩者卻有出入。

a square answer
坦誠(chéng)的答案

? He offered us a square answer.
他給了我們一個(gè)坦誠(chéng)的答案。

to square away
校正或擺好；整頓就緒

? He is trying to get all his legal troubles squared away as soon as possible.
他努力把所有法律上的麻煩搞定。

a square deal
公平交易

? The workers were offered a square deal of a 40-hour week and guaranteed overtime.
工人們得到了每周40小時(shí)和保證支付加班費(fèi)的公正待遇。

a?square meal
一份完整的、營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富的餐食

Three square meals（經(jīng)常簡(jiǎn)化為three squares）：指早、中、晚傳統(tǒng)三餐。

? They haven't had a square meal for four or five days.
他們已經(jīng)四五天沒(méi)吃上一頓像樣的飯了。

to square off
擺好架勢(shì)準(zhǔn)備戰(zhàn)斗或比賽

? French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
在一個(gè)公路檢查站法國(guó)士兵擺開(kāi)陣勢(shì)，準(zhǔn)備迎戰(zhàn)一名持槍者。

to square up
解決或妥協(xié)，也指勇敢地與某人或某事對(duì)峙

? I have something to square up with you.
我有點(diǎn)事要和你商談解決一下。

? The world's most prestigious insurance company was last night squaring up to take on MPs who have accused it of being riddled with corruption.
世界上最負(fù)盛名的保險(xiǎn)公司昨晚作出回應(yīng)，要和那些指責(zé)其腐敗泛濫的議員們較量一番。

to square one’s shoulders
挺起肩膀、胸膛，可指這一動(dòng)作，也可比喻準(zhǔn)備迎接挑戰(zhàn)。

? You need to square your shoulders for the subsequent task.
為了接下來(lái)的任務(wù)，你要做好準(zhǔn)備。

to attempt to square the circle
做不可能的事

? It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.
從數(shù)學(xué)家面前混過(guò)去比“化圓為方”還難。

to square something with someone
與某人就某事協(xié)調(diào)或達(dá)成一致

? I squared it with Dan, who said it was all right so long as I was back next Monday morning.
我征得了丹的同意，他說(shuō)只要我下周一早上能回來(lái)就行。

（來(lái)源：中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)雙語(yǔ)新聞微信，編輯：左卓）