每日一詞---chew someone's ear off
chew就是咬、嚼的意思。那在這邊呢，字面上的意思就是"把別人的耳朵咬掉"。其實我們可以想成某人講話嘮嘮叨叨、沒有停頓，簡直把聽者的耳朵給廢了。
比如小的時候，每次升旗都得聽校長淘淘不絕發表長篇大論，很累人的哪！這時，就可以說：I remember the principal never failed to chew my ear off during every assembly.
我相信每個人身邊總會有這樣的朋友---每次約出來都習慣唸東唸西、說長道短說個不停。這時，我們也可以說：She always chew my ear off about her annoying boyfriend when we go out for coffee.
而除了chew someone's ear off, 要形容某人講太多話，也可以說 someone is a chatterbox或 someone talked your ear off. 但記得喔，這兩者的強度不如chew someone's ear off. 所以下回遇到某人很愛講話、讓你聽到精神耗弱時，就可以說：Stop! You have been perfectly chewing my ear off!
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