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tingroom 发表于 2010-5-20 15:04

地道的十个英语俗语

1. lame duck:不中用的人
A lame duck manager cannot bring his business back on to the normal track.
一个无能的经理无法把他的企业重新拉回正常经营轨道上去。

2. double whammy:双重灾难，祸不单行
Yestersay I had a real whammy. My boss fired me, and my wife asked for a divorce.
我昨天真是祸不单行。老板把我炒鱿鱼，我太太又要求离婚。

3. fool's paradise: 黄粱美梦
A: Does the chairman realize that our company's business is going downhill?
董事长知道我们公司的业务在走下坡吗?
B:I don't think so. I'm afraid he is still living in a fool's paradise.
我想他不知道。他恐怕还在做他的黄粱美梦呢。

4. all washed up 彻底完蛋
Did you hear that Gloria's marriage is all washed up? She found her husband was seeing another woman, so she packed up, took the kids and moved out. Now she's suing for divorce.
你听说了没有,，格洛里亚的婚姻是彻底完蛋了。她发现她的丈夫有外遇，因此她收拾起自己的东西，带着孩子搬出去了。现在，她向法院申请离婚。

5.out of thin air: 凭空，无中生有地
Unfortunately, I can't just conjure up the money out of thin air!
遗憾的是，我可不能用戏法凭空变出钱来。

6.Get a foot in the door 迈出了第一步
You know that beautiful girl who sits ahead of me in English class? She keeps turning me down for dates, but I finally got a foot in the door today: she met me for coffee after class.
你知道英语课坐在我前面那个很漂亮的女孩子吗?我请她出去玩，她老是拒绝我。可是，今天我算是迈出了第一步，她下课后和我一起喝咖啡了。

7. basket case 毫无能力和希望的情景
I'm really worried--our company is losing so much money these days that if things don't get better in the next two months we'll be a basket case and have to go out of business.
我真是非常担心，我们公司这些日子亏损了那么多钱，要是在今后两个月里情况没有好转的话，我们就彻底没有希望，只好倒闭了。

8. been around the clock 精通，有经验，是个老手
Let' s ask Justin how to deal with this situation. He' s been around the clock a few times.
去问问贾斯丁怎么处理这种事，他非常有经验。

9.give /pay lip service to 只是说说而已，不采取实际行动
Politicians often pay lip service to many important issues during an election but they don' t fulfill their promises once they are elected.
政客们在大选中对很多大事都只是嘴上工夫而已，一旦当选就没人会履行诺言。

10. down and out 穷困潦倒
John is a big spender and never thinks of saving a penny. So since he lost his job last month, he has been completely down and out.
约翰花钱大手大脚从来不知道存钱。所以，上个月丢了工作以后就完全落魄了。

pinkie 发表于 2010-6-3 16:55

I just read it but I didn't remember it.very important!I will read it again next time.

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anzule 发表于 2010-6-17 16:28

Never do today what I can put off untill tomorrow!

yokkozhang 发表于 2010-8-26 17:31

:victory:it's very useful! i'll come and  try to remeber it everyday

liujiafu1987 发表于 2010-8-29 08:56

学习学习

kobe 发表于 2010-10-19 21:35

Get a foot in the door
迈出了第一步

小雅儿 发表于 2010-11-2 12:59

the slungs are interesting and often have stories.

buterhui 发表于 2010-11-2 22:11

thx for sharing!

swendyshi 发表于 2010-11-3 12:15

Thx! I'm really not familar with these.

pader2 发表于 2010-11-8 11:43

very nice , leam duck !!

kinglongyy 发表于 2010-11-8 12:25

he's been around the clock on stealing= he's an old hand at stealing

mathlita 发表于 2010-11-8 22:15

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zhangyu456 发表于 2010-11-9 00:21

:)

haizhanfen 发表于 2010-11-9 23:12

it's very usefull

joseph914 发表于 2010-11-10 16:05

:)

shenjunqun 发表于 2010-11-10 16:15

正点
I like it

617401726 发表于 2010-11-14 22:01

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sheldon 发表于 2010-11-18 11:05

i have saved it .tks!

leenyao 发表于 2010-11-18 15:25

i think have a bad memory.but i will try again and again.

楼细雨 发表于 2010-11-26 05:56

It is up in the air.悬而未决

duanleilei 发表于 2010-11-26 13:16

thank you for sharing  these useful sentences with us, you are so helpful.

tjhd 发表于 2011-1-11 10:17

"all washed up " reminds me of one Sichuan dialect "洗白了（音）"...

yy2235 发表于 2011-1-11 10:50

I won't give /pay lip service to do things.

大脸猫_C 发表于 2011-1-17 12:47

that will be great if i can use them.

najinlei 发表于 2011-2-22 20:55

ding

silence33 发表于 2011-3-2 14:26

thank you

懂你LOVE 发表于 2011-6-14 11:04

out of thin air, vivid!形象啊

类似完美 发表于 2011-6-23 10:48

thanks

A604346331 发表于 2011-7-13 09:00

Very nice.I really like it.

814389246 发表于 2011-8-12 11:00

现在学习，但愿为时不晚

王笑天 发表于 2011-10-12 14:47

thank you

寒池冰月 发表于 2012-2-25 21:35

good sentence

170911417 发表于 2012-7-20 11:11

It's useful.

ciley 发表于 2012-9-1 08:05

I think I shoud save it. Thanks!

簿子酒 发表于 2013-1-6 10:43

lame duck manager....

君君妈 发表于 2013-9-13 23:18

useful

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