OMGmeiyu美语

I watched two episodes of OMGmeiyu this morning. That's FAIL and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.

There are some expressions about the weather:

1. sunshine 很阳光、很开心
说一个男孩子看起来很阳光（长相、打扮）也是几年前开始说的吧？是不是受了英文“Mr.Sunshine”的影响呢？


Man:Mr. Sunshine
woman/girl: Little Miss Sunshine
Today is such a beautiful day! I can't wait to get out there. There are so many things to do and so many places to see!

2. cloud over head 不开心
是不是和“愁云密布”很像呢 中文也是用很多云来表示一个人不开心

Today stinks! I don't want to do anything! I just want to go back to bed.
Aw! She seems like she has a cloud over her head today :(

3. cloud nine 兴奋、高兴
我发现这个很巧！中文也有“九霄云外”这个成语，说的也是高兴地忘乎所以，非常得意的样子。

I'm on cloud nine!!
Bob was on cloud nine all week while he was on vacation in Las Vegas!

4. shoot the breeze 闲聊
有一个中文的说法也和“风”有点关系，“没事一起吹吹牛”（一般男人之间才这样说），应该和shoot the breeze有点像吧

What are you guys doing?
Nothing much, just shoot the breeze.

5. when it rains it pours 祸不单行

I missed the bus this morning, so I was late to work. And then on the way home, my shoes broke. And then when I finnally got home, I realized I left my keys at woek. When it rains, it pours!!


Last night, when we were having a club activity, I knew that alumni are the people who used to be students in a same school, college or university. In another word, they have graduated. Therefore, I cannot use this word when they are still going to school. Am I right?
In that case, "classmates" should be uesd, because it is different from Chinese, in which people always use two words to tell "people studying in the same school (校友)" from "people studing in the same class （同学）".

You are actually close. Alumni mean people who have attended or have graduated from a particular school. 校友 is indeed the Chinese word that means nearly the same.