زبان علم آموزش زبان انگلیسی آموزش زبان
معنی the early bird gets the worm موضوع این قسمت از آموزش زبان انگلیسی است. قبل از بیان معنای واقعی این جمله که یک نوع ضرب المثل است، لازم است ترجمه کلمه به کلمه آن بیان شود و سپس به معنی واقعی آن پرداخته می شود. early یعنی زود، bird یعنی پرنده،اما early bird یعنی پرنده ای که زود بیدار می شود، get با توجه به نوع جمله و ساختار کلمات جمله معانی بسیار متعدد و گوناگونی دارد که در این جمله یعنی خوردن و worm یعنی کرم. پس با توجه به این توصیفات ترجمه تحت اللفظی the early bird gets the worm یعنی پرنده سحرخیز، کرم را می خورد. معدل دیگر این ضرب المثل، جمله the early bird catches the worm می باشد.
اما معنای واقعی اصطلاح the early bird gets the worm چیست. خوردن کرم(get the worm) کنایه از موفق شدن است. و (early bird) نیز کنایه از انسانی است که سحرخیز است. لذا معنی the early bird gets the worm یعنی انسانی که زود اقدام می کند، موفق می شود. البته هر چند به قول معروف ماهی هر وقت از آب گرفته شود، تازه است، اما بعضی فرصتهای ناب فقط به دست افرادی می افتد که اول و زودتر اقدام می کنند، چون فرصتهای موجود محدود هستند. مانند نشستن در صندلیهای جلوی سینما که فقط افرادی که زود می آیند به دست می آورند.
:the early bird gets the worm: the person who arrives first is the one who is successful;Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are only available to the first competitors;In order to seize certain opportunities, arriving first or early can result in a higher chance of success;
To get good seats at the movie theater, we need to leave now and get there before everyone else does—the early bird gets the worm, as the saying goes.
“I went to buy that newly released racing game from the store, but by the time I got there, they were all sold out. How did you get yours?”
“It looks like the early bird gets the worm, because I woke up at 7:30 AM and got there as soon as they opened.”
We’ll want to be at the theater early for the best seats – the early bird gets the worm!
Some treasure hunters rise hours before dawn, arriving at the beach at 3 or 4 a.m. before the beach legally opens. After all, the early bird gets the worm.
After getting fired, McGlochlin drove her 1995 Buick straight to Smoker Friendly, a tobacco retail store, to apply for another job. As a single mom with little savings and two young girls to support, she couldn’t afford to wait.
“I filled out applications in my car,” McGlochlin said. “The early bird gets the worm, right?
در زیر یک مکالمه بین یک متقاضی کار و کارفرما است که معنی the early bird gets the worm در آن استفاده شده است ، آورده می شود.
An employer uses the idiom during an interview with a potential new employee.
Employer: So, sometimes our employees have to come into work earlier than normal. However, a regular workday starts at 7 a.m.
Interviewee: Really? Wow! That seems pretty early.
Employer: And we expect most employees to arrive a little before that so that they can be working at full capacity by the time 7 a.m. arrives.
Interviewee: Huh.
Employer: You seem surprised, but we strongly believe that the early bird gets the worm. Do you share that opinion?
Interviewee: I do, but I believe I can work just as well, or even better, later in the morning.
در زیر نیز مکالمه ای بین دو هم اتاقی در خوابگاه است که معنی the early bird gets the worm در گفتگوی آنها استفاده شده است
Mario: Hey Axel, do you want to come with me shopping on Black Friday? That day has the best sales of the whole year.
Axel: I guess I could come. I’ve never gone shopping on that day before. It might be exciting to try something new. What time do you want to go? Sometime in the afternoon?
Mario: Ha ha! That’s a good joke, Axel!
Axel: Uh, I wasn’t joking!
Mario: Of course you were joking! We have to be there a few hours before the stores open, so we can get a good place in line. There are only a few items each for the biggest deals. If we want to get those, we have to be there first. Remember, the early bird gets the worm!
Axel: Well, that sounds intense! Maybe you should go alone. I’m not sure I can get up that early.
لازمه یادگیری زبان انگلیسی، به کارگیری آموخته ها در زبان انگلیسی است. شما نیز برای یادگیری زبان و به اشتراک گذاشتن آموخته ها، با معنی the early bird gets the worm چند جمله بیان کنید.
