英语口语 | 用to go under the knife表达“接受手术治疗”

所谓的 “到刀子下面 to go under the knife” 意思是动手术,接受手术治疗。

  • England's best footballer won't play at the World Cup. He's going under the knife and won't recover in time for the start of the tournament.
  • I had tonsillitis eight times before doctors decided that I needed to go under the knife and have my tonsils removed.

值得注意的是,不要把这个短语同 put to the sword 混淆,后者的意思是杀戮。

  • The captured soldiers should have been kept in a military prison but instead they were put to the sword. Hundreds were killed.