an eye for an eye

英文释义：Punishment in which the offender suffers what the victim has suffered
中文释义：以牙还牙
例文：I hear ya! An eye for an eye seems to be many familie’s motto. Or martyrdom.

（例句来源Medium@Robin Klammer版权归属原作者）

知识点：

1、motto US [ˈmɑtoʊ] 座右铭 martyrdom US [ˈmɑrtərdəm] 殉难

eye opener

英文释义：A startling or shocking revelation
中文释义：大开眼界
例文：that was a mind blowing eye opener statement. I used to believed in focusing on the results, but still the ends justify the means

（例句来源Medium@Sado Goldriel版权归属原作者）

知识点：

1、比如一项研究成果颠覆了你的认知，你可以说，It is an eye-opener for me 或者 What an eye opener. 我们把 mind blowing 变一下，就成为了口语中的常用短语，blow my mind. 某人非常有才华，创作了一幅画作，你看后很欣赏，可以说 You are blowing my mind 或者说 That is really mind blowing.

2、Used to 固定搭配，我们之前讲过表达过去常常，the ends justify the means 也是一个习语，并且这个习语我们之前讲过，相信你应该还记得。

eye are bigger than one’s stomach

英文释义：someone wants more than he or she can handle
中文释义：眼大肚子小
例文：Never has the idiom “one’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach” been more true than for this greedy King cobra snake.

The wicked snake finagled its way into a chicken coop in Kerala, India, killed a chicken and then tried to eat eight of the eggs laying around the henhouse.

（例句来源Fox News版权归属原作者）

知识点：

1、开头的倒装句一下子抓住了读者的注意力。你学会怎么用了吗？

2、cobra 眼镜蛇 chicken coop 鸡笼子