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Kick up your heels 好好享受

Kick up your heels 好好享受

Kicking up her heels so elegantly requires years of training

今日短语

如果你要 kick up your heels 那就表示你要无拘无束地好好享受一下。

今日小常识

High-heeled shoes are believed to have originated in the 16th century in Florence, Italy. Catherine de Medici, an Italian noblewoman of short stature, wanted to impress her future husband, King Henry of France, by appearing to be taller than she actually was. The style then gained in popularity.

高跟鞋被认为起源于16世纪意大利的佛罗伦萨。当时一位身材矮小的意大利贵妇凯瑟琳·德美第奇想借助高跟鞋来显示自己长得很高,以便给她未来的丈夫,法国的亨利国王留下好印象。从那时起高跟鞋便开始流行起来。

例句

It's Friday night and I'm looking forward to going out and kicking up my heels.

We won the big contract so we're all going out to kick up our heels.

After the exams we kicked up our heels and had a really good party.

请注意

去掉 'up' 就是另一个意思了。短语 kick your heels 表示等待。

例句

He was supposed to meet me at eight o'clock but I was left kicking my heels for half an hour.