一日一成语【39】get out of bed from the wrong side

get out of bed from the wrong side

你每天早上起身是从左边下床还是从右边下床呢？也许你会说干吗问这个无聊的问题呢？不过你也许没有注意到，不论从左边下床还是从右边下床，每个人总是固定从一边下床的，不会今天从左边下，明天从右边下。当然这无非是个个人习惯问题，本来是无关紧要的。但是英国人却在这个问题上大做文章。他们认为，一个人如果不按自己的习惯，换一边下床，即get out of bed from the wrong side便会导致心情不好，容易发脾气：

What’s wrong with you this morning? You look terrible. Did you get out of bed from the wrong side?
你今天早上是怎么啦？脸色这么难看。早上起身下错床了吗？

Don’t you argue with him! He must have got out of bed from the wrong side and is in a very irritable mood.
你别和他争论！他今天心情不好，火气很大。

The pupils thought that their teacher had got out of bed from the wrong side that morning. He was particularly hard to please.
学生们想他们的老师那天早上准是有什么不顺心的事，他特别难讨好。