Concetti Chiave
- A guest is someone invited to a place, such as a hotel, restaurant, or home, and is often treated with special care.
- Guests can include family members visiting for a short period, like during summer vacations, but living with them year-round might not be preferred.
- A guest of honor holds a special status at an event, often receiving extra attention and gestures, such as a toast in their honor.
- Biting involves using teeth to cut food or refers to the act of taking a mouthful; it can also imply holding back from saying something offensive.
- The phrase "bite the hand that feeds you" highlights the irony of harming those who provide support or help.
Guest
A guest is a customer at a hotel or restaurant. A guest is also a visitor who is invited to your home. You can welcome, receive or greet a guest when they arrive to your home.
We treat our guests like family at this hotel. We do everything we can to make them want to come back again.
My family and I enjoyed staying as guests at my uncle's farm over the summer, but we all agreed that we would not want to live there all year round.
A guest of honor is a very special guest that the host wishes to honor with that title. He or she will be treated very well. Many people keep a guest bedroom in their homes. This is a special room set aside for visitors.
Grandpa was the guest of honor at the party. He sat at the head of the table and everyone raised their glasses in a toast to him.
When we were children, Mom would occasionally let us sleep in the guest bedroom as a special treat, but only on Friday nights, and only if we had done all our homework.
Bite
When you bite, you are cutting off a piece of food with your teeth, or attacking with your teeth. Bite can also refer to a mouthful of food that has just been bitten.
Ronnie always made a point of asking people if it was OK for him to pet their dogs before he did it. Once, a German Shepherd had tried to bite him, and he didn't want that to happen again.
It took more than thirty minutes, but I finally convinced my very picky six¬ year ¬old son to try a bite of lasagne. He spat it out right afterwards, but taking a bite was a big step.
When you choose to say nothing instead of saying something that may be offensive or hurtful, you are* biting your tongue. And you bite the hand that feeds you* if you attack the person who is helping you or paying you.
Mark asked me what I thought of his new hairdo. I thought it looked terrible, and made him look older and less hip than he really is, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings. I had to bite my tongue.
Of course, everyone should be honest all the time, and stealing is always wrong, but if you steal from your own employer, that's really biting the hand that feeds you.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué significa ser un "guest" en un hotel o restaurante?
- ¿Qué es un "guest of honor" y cómo se le trata?
- ¿Qué implica la acción de "bite" y en qué contextos se utiliza?
- ¿Qué significa "bite the hand that feeds you" y cómo se aplica?
Un "guest" es un cliente en un hotel o restaurante, o un visitante invitado a tu hogar. Se les trata como familia y se busca que quieran regresar.
Un "guest of honor" es un invitado especial al que el anfitrión desea honrar. Se le trata muy bien, como se menciona con el abuelo que fue el invitado de honor en una fiesta.
"Bite" implica cortar un trozo de comida con los dientes o atacar con ellos. También se refiere a un bocado de comida. Se usa en contextos como probar comida o evitar decir algo ofensivo.
"Bite the hand that feeds you" significa atacar a quien te ayuda o paga. Se aplica cuando alguien actúa en contra de su benefactor, como robar a su propio empleador.
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