第一，迷你对话

A: What a terrible man he is!

他这个人真过分！

B: What had happened?

怎么了？

A: I’m just surprised when he flew off the handle and told me if I mention anything about mother he skin me alive.

使我吃惊的是，他怒不可揭地说我如果再提到关于母亲的任何事情，他就要剥了我的皮。

B: Please forgive him, you know he was shocked by the truth that mother has gone away without us.

请原谅他，你知道母亲丢掉我们就走了，对他触动很大。

A: OK, but we all have a broken heart, not just himself alone.

好吧，可是我们都很伤心，又不是他一个人。

第二，地道表达

1.解词释义

Fly off the handle的意思为“失去控制”“大发雷霆”。

2.拓展例句

e.g. Honey, please don't fly off the handle. I had a little accident with the car, but it certainly wasn't my fault.

亲爱的,你可别发火，我是出了一点小车祸，但是那绝不是我的错。

e.g. Just listen to what I have to say; there is no need to fly off the handle in that way.

先听听我要说的话，何必有那么大的脾气。

e.g. I just flew off the handle when I found out what he'd done.

当我知道他做的好事时，我气疯了。

e.g. My wife spent all afternoon yesterday cooking a special dinner for our wedding anniversary. So she really flew off the handle when I came home three hours late.

为了庆祝我们结婚周年,我太太化了整个下午精心烹调。可是,我昨晚晚了三个小时才回家。她可真火了。

第三，咬文嚼字

e.g. Her husband will skin her alive if she comes home late.

如果她回来晚了,她丈夫就会狠狠地骂她。

e.g. He'll skin you alive for being late for five minutes.

如果你迟到5分钟,他就会严厉申斥你。

e.g. The people in the room were shocked by his blasphemous language.

满屋的人都对他那侮慢的语言感到愤慨。

e.g. All right-minded people will be surely shocked by this outrage.

凡是有正义感的人都一定会对这种暴行感到震惊。

e.g. I went away feeling quite satisfied with the whole matter because I had acted honorably.

我离开时对整个事情感到颇为满意，因为我的行为诚实无欺。

e.g. He went away without taking leave.

他不辞而别。

e.g. I had a broken heart many times when I was younger but now I'm stronger.

年轻时我心碎过许多次，但现在我坚强多了。

e.g. She had a broken heart and went away.

她伤心欲绝，然后离开了。