动植物英语趣说之crow乌鸦

crow 乌鸦 A road that connects two places may curve. Thus it. may be 2 miles from Place A to Place B as the crow flies but 3 miles or more by the road. Can you guess the meaning of the phrase“ as the crow flies” now？ It means “in a straight line”. A person who is in the habit of talking big often has to eat crow in the end，or rather， it is facts that force him to eat crow. Suppose a Coach had declared his team would enter the final and win it. It turned out that his team was between in the first round. What could he do but eat crow ，then？ 连接两地的路有可能是呈弯形的。乌鸦从A地飞到B地可能是两英里，而人从路上走起来也许是三英里或更多一些。现在你猜得出短语as the crow flies的含义了吧？它的意思是“按直线地”。 一个习惯于夸夸其谈的人，常常到最后要收回自己的话，或者更确切的说事实令他不得不收回自己的话。假设一名教练宣称他那个队可以进入决赛，而且能够打赢，而结果他那个队在第1轮赛事中就被打败了。他除了收回自己的话，又能做什么呢？