Bend over backwards 千方百计(地帮忙)
Sue will bend over backwards to help her friends. 苏会尽全力帮助她的朋友。
I bend over backwards for them, and they can’t even help keep our house clean. 为了他们我拼命的工作,但他们却连帮我保持房子清洁都做不到。
Brownie points 对……有帮助;印象分
Barb tries to earn brownie points by staying after school to help the teacher. Barb下课以后帮助老师以获得老师的好感。
Take someone under wing 庇护
将某人置于羽翼之下,庇护。这个用法在圣经中出现的比较多。比如:
How good is your loving mercy, O God! The children of men take cover under the shake of your wings. 神啊,你的慈爱何其宝贵!世人投靠在你翅膀的荫下。
表示“帮忙”的短语还有很多,像Give someone a hand,“帮某人一个忙”,我们初中阶段就学过。不再举例。
以上短语都是单方面帮忙。遇到困难时,如果有人愿意与我们风雨同舟,互帮互助,那就再好不过了。
In the same boat 风雨同舟
I really feel it’s most important to remember that we’re in the same boat. 我由衷感到最重要的是大家要谨记我们必须同舟共济。
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours 互相帮助
这个短语非常的形象。Scratch,抓,挠。我们都挠不到自己的后背,那就你帮我挠,我帮你挠。来看两个句子。
After I praised his fine performance before the boss, Bob said to me, “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.” 我在老板面前称赞了Bob的业绩后,他对我说:“你帮了我的忙,我也会帮你的忙。”