My feet are killing me!
[b][size=5]My feet are killing me![/size][/b]对话[b]Marie[/b]: You look a bit tired. What have you been doing?
[b]Yvonne[/b]: Shopping for some new outfits.
[b]Marie[/b]: Did you get what you want?
[b]Yvonne[/b]: I did, but it took me all day.
[b]Marie[/b]: What do you want to do now?
[b]Yvonne[/b]: I just want to sit down somewhere and relax. My feet are killing me!
玛丽：你看来有点疲倦，刚才做什么？
伊凤：逛商品买些新衣服。
玛丽：买到合适的吗？
伊凤：买到，但花了一整天。
玛丽：你现在想做什么？
伊凤：我只想找个地方坐下来，休息一下。我双脚酸得要命！
伊凤说双脚酸痛：[color=red]My feet are killing me。[/color]以kill（杀死）说‘痛苦得要命’，是口头上常见的夸张说法。伊凤还可以说：How my feet ache!（我双脚痛极了）或My feet are sore from all the walking（我走了那么多路，双脚酸痛）。说‘痛苦得要命’的kill，当然不限于指脚患，更不限于指走路多了的脚痛。鞋子太紧夹脚（The shoes pinch）、患香港脚（You have got athlete's foot）等，你都可以说：My feet are killing me。肩膀、背部等酸痛，你也可以说：My shoulders are killing me、My back is killing me等。我见过一则按摩器广告说：Are your feet killing you? Our massager can stop the murder（尊足是否正在取阁下性命？我们的按摩器可遏止谋杀）。那是以killing一字开玩笑。玛丽说伊凤看来有点疲倦：You look a bit tired。这a bit可不可以改为a little？Bit是‘小片’或‘少许’，例如a bit of ice cream是‘少许冰淇淋’。A bit之后接tired之类形容词(adjective)，则是作副词(adverb)用，和a little没有分别，I am a bit/a little angry即‘我有点愤怒’。但请留意：not a bit和not a little意思完全不同。Not a bit是‘一点也不’，not a little则是‘不只有一点’，也即‘十分’。所以，I am not a bit tired/surprised是‘我一点都不疲倦/不惊讶’，I am not a little tired/surprised则是‘我疲倦/惊讶得很’，两个说法切勿混淆。 It has a little funny.
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