Do you have such a person: No matter where you go, she can cry and laugh with you, no matter what you are like, he will accompany you to fight and wander with you. Even if men all over the world abandon you, there is still a person who will accompany you and walk through the ups and downs of life with you~
This person is a best friend and best friend, so do you know how to say it in English?
Don't tell me it's best friend forever, it's already out! Let me tell you a more authentic expression now!
On October 27, 2017, local time, Kim Kardashian and his best friend Jonathan Cheban appeared at an event.
Best friend forever!
In fact, Best friend forever (BFF) is correct, it just cannot vividly convey the feelings of best friend and best friend. Let’s add some information to the expression!
is better expressed here:
①bosom friend
bosom friend /bʊzəm ˈfrend/ means: close friends; confidant; best friend. Both men and women can do it, and the intimacy is closer than the best friend.
bosom/ˈbʊz.əm/=Intimate, intimate
- She is my bosom friend.
-She is my confidant friend.
②bestie/ˈbes.ti/=Bestie
【Example】
- One of my besties bought me this hat.
- This hat was bought for me by my besties.
③confidant /ˈkɑːnfɪdænt/confidant; close friends (usually refer to men)
confid /kɑnˈfaɪd/〔e] reveal; trust + ant express person → people who can trust → close friends
【Example】a close confident of the president.
How to say "best friends" in English?
partner in crime=Finished party
People who even have to go to prison for crimes are not good friends.
When you count your fingers, you think of another creature - a male bestie. What should I say?
→close guy friend=male best friend
(female blue confidant)
For example:
- Today, my close guy friend sets me up on a blind date.
- Today, my male best friend arranged a blind date for me. What is written on
is usually our true friends. If there are real friends, there will be fake friends.
Then do you think false friend is a fake friend? It is obviously wrong, I will tell you the correct expression!
"Fake Friend" is not false friend
false friend is a fake friend, but not a fake friend of human beings!
false friend=-shaped characters in English ✔
【Example】
- The word quite and quiet are false friends.
- The word quite and quiet are false friends.
- The word quite and quiet are similar characters.
If false friend=the word close to the shape in English, then the correct expression of fake friends is as follows:
- fair-weather friend=wine and meat friend
- flaky friend=unreliable friends
The definition of fair-weather friend in the Oxford Dictionary is as follows: someone who is a good friend when it is easy to be one and who stops being one when you are having problems Translation is: People who usually call you brothers, but when you have difficulties, you stay away from people. People like
are sometimes not as good as a "nodding friend".
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(Source: WeChat public account "Know English" Editor: yaning)
Source: WeChat public account "Know English"