As we all know, Rachel and Ross in "Friends" are a match made in heaven and earth.
But before the two went online, Joey, the sister master, also frantically discharged at Rachel.
In the first episode of the first season, Rachel, who has run away from marriage, arrives at Monica's house, and Joey says that Rachel needs help despite asking him for help, and frantically hints that "I'm at home alone".
Monica couldn't take it anymore and yelled at Joey: Stop hitting on her!
Hit common meaning "hit, hit", "hit on her" is literally "hit her" meaning?
Of course not, Joey's discharge and selling is not to "hit" Rachel.
Here "hit on someone" means "hooking up with someone, flirting with someone, pursuing someone" .
"hit someone" means "bump into someone."
Prepositions in English have such magic, common verbs added to prepositions and immediately transformed.
In addition to hit "hit; impact", there is also the meaning of "sensational successful work or character; success", such as:
Most rated it a hit.
Most people thought it was a brilliant success.
In some contexts, hit can also express the same expression as reach, "arrive; come", such as:
He hits here tomorrow.
He's here tomorrow.
In addition, hits that pair with other words have a fantastic reaction, such as:
hit on sth.
Indicates a sudden thought of something
Xerox thinks it has hit on something big to breathe life into the ailing market for high-volume office printers: it's called color.
Xerox believes that the company has stumbled upon a hot thing that has brought vitality to the sluggish market for high-capacity office printers, which is color.
hit the books
Study hard; prepare for homework
Tomorrow is the final exam. I need to go home and hit the books now.
Tomorrow is the final exam, and I have to hurry home and study.
hit the road
Start wandering and get on the road
It sounds concise and powerful, meaning "on the road", whether it is leaving one place, going to the next place, or traveling, you can use the expression hit the road.
We'd better hit the road or we‘ll be late.
We'd better get on the road early or we'll be late.
hit the sack
Sleep; go to bed
It is sometimes said to be "hit the hay".
Sack n. Sack n. Sack
In the early 20th century, many less affluent families used sacks full of hay or horsehair as beds. Before going to bed, people would beat the sack so that the straw was evenly distributed, so hit the sack was used to mean "going to bed."
example:
Clear your mind by meditating 15-20 minutes before you hit the sack.
Empty your brain by meditating for 15 to 20 minutes before you plunge headlong into your pillow.
hit the nail on the head
To the point, to the point; the explanation is correct
"nail" here means "nail", "hit the nail on the head" is "a nail hit on the head", not "to the point, to the point".
Mike hit the nail on the head in his speech on the demerits of the existing housing policy.
In his speech, Mike pointed out the shortcomings of the current housing policy.
hit the jackpot
Win big bucks; be hugely successful
"Jackpot" means "jackpot", so "hit the jackpot" means jackpot.
Tennis player Michael Stich hit the jackpot yesterday when he won $2 million.
Tennis player Michael Stich won yesterday with $2 million.
hit it off
Got it together
Sometimes it means "at first sight," which means "quickly build a friendly relationship."
Cindy and I met in class and really hit it off.
I met Cindy in class, and I really agreed.
hit the bottle
binge drinking
The English of alcoholics is alcoholic, but the alcoholic uses hit the bottle, as if picking up a bottle to vent some emotions in his heart, which is quite image.
After she died he began to hit the bottle .
After she died, he began to drink heavily.
hit the light
Turn the lights on/off
Without thinking I rolled over to my right and hit the light, when I looked behind me nothing was there.
Without giving it much thought, I rolled over to the right and turned on the light. I looked back and saw nothing.
hit it big
It was a great success
"Hit it big" is a bit like our "big ticket earner."
The low earnings here is probably due to the fact that so few in this field hit it big.
The truth is that very few people in this field can be very popular.
hit the roof/hit the ceiling
Rage
The anger rushed straight to the ceiling, which showed how big the fire was.
Promise you won't hit the roof when I tell you this.
You have to make sure you don't get angry after listening to me.
smash hit
Very popular stuff; sensational gigs
Smash here is the adjective, "very sensational, excellent", plus "hit" becomes "very popular stuff; sensational performance".
The iPod ultimately turned out to be a smash hit, of course.
Of course, the iPod ended up being a successful rookie.
hit man
Professional murderer
That mother didn't kill anyone. She hired a hit man.
Mom wouldn't kill anyone. She hired a killer.