friednly fire其實是指“來自友軍的誤射炮火；誤向自己人開火”

EG：

You know what friendly fire is?

你知道什么叫友軍炮火吧？

I did get some friendly fire from a meatball earlier.

之前確實有朋友把肉丸汁弄到我身上。

catch fire不是“抓火”，咱也不是刷雜技的，這其實是指“著火”。

EG：

Paper is apt to catch fire.

紙容易著火。

For the first time the campaign began to catch fire.

這場運動從現(xiàn)在起才開始沸騰起來了。

連續(xù)射擊；<非正式>開始；熱烈地談；發(fā)問

EG：

They were firing away at each other.

他們互相開火。

It's useless to fire away with such trivial details.

喋喋不休地談這些瑣碎的細(xì)節(jié)是無用的。

釋義：赴湯蹈火

這個詞組直翻是“穿過火里和水里”，挺符合“赴湯蹈火”的描述了。

EG：

I'll go through fire and water for her.

為了她，我可以赴湯蹈火在所不辭。

The loyal soldiers were ready to go through fire and water for their king.

忠誠的士兵愿意為他們的國王去赴湯蹈火。

釋義：使燃燒；使情緒激動

EG：

Because that is when their imaginations and creativity are set on fire.

因為正是這個時候他們的想象力和創(chuàng)造力被激活了。

I can't believe he set it on fire.

真不敢相信他把這個給燒了。

釋義：反敗為勝

EG：

We just managed to pull the game out of the fire.

我們好不容易才扭轉(zhuǎn)了這場比賽的敗局。

We talked about his toughest game,one that he had helped pull out of the fire to win the league championship.

我們談到他最艱難的比賽——一場他幫助轉(zhuǎn)敗為勝的聯(lián)盟冠軍賽。