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英譯：
to play hard to get

例句：

• Why don’t you return any of his calls? Are you playing hard to get? (為何妳都不回他的電話呢？妳是欲擒故縱嗎？)
• Mandy said Cory was avoiding her, but maybe he was just playing hard to get. (曼蒂說，柯瑞都躲著她，但或許他只是欲擒故縱)
• Penny said she would accept the job if it was offered rather than playing hard to get in the hope of being offered more money. (潘妮說，如果那份工作要給她，她寧可接受而不是欲擒故縱，以期獲得較高的薪資)

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英譯：
have an axe to grind

例句：

• He may offer you a post in his firm, but he has an axe to grind, he wants to go out with your sister. (他可能讓你到他的公司任職，但他別有用心，他想跟你妹妹交往)
• I have known Peter for a long time and can say with certainty that he is a fair man who has no axe to grind. (我認識彼得已久，可以肯定地說，他是個沒有私心的正人君子)

註：據稱，這成語源自美國著名政治家暨科學家班傑明‧富蘭克林 (Benjamin Franklin，1706 – 1790) 所寫的一則故事。富蘭克林幼年時，有一男子對他說，他很喜歡富蘭克林父親的磨刀砂輪，能否讓他看看砂輪是如何轉動的。富蘭克林便轉動起砂輪，而那男子卻趁機將自己的斧頭在砂輪上磨了一番。

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英譯：
between two fires

例句：

• In family quarrels Kevin’s often between two fires – his mother-in-law crying at him on one side and his wife shouting at him on the other. (在家庭爭吵中，凱文常常腹背受敵 － 一方是他岳母對他喊叫，另一方是他太太對他叫嚷)
• The president was caught between two fires during last election. (總統在上次選舉中腹背受敵)

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英譯：
dead and gone

例句：

• My father’s been dead and gone for quite a spell. (我父親墓木已拱)
• When I’m dead and gone, I hope folks remember me at my best. (當我墓木已拱時，我希望人們記得我在最輝煌、最風光的時候)

● 順便一提，美國饒舌歌手 T.I. 和老賈斯汀 (Justin Timberlake) 曾合唱一首同名的歌曲，中文翻譯為「一去不回頭」或「一去不復返」。

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英譯：
make an exhibition of oneself

例句：

• Whenever Mary sings, she makes an exhibition of herself. (瑪麗每次唱歌都大出洋相)
• If Rudy keeps on drinking he’s going to end up making an exhibition of himself! (如果魯迪繼續喝酒，他終將當眾出醜！)

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英譯：
pillow talk

例句：

• I love having pillow talk because we can say anything. (我喜歡枕邊細語，因為我們可以無所不談)
• She tiptoed out of the bedroom after the pillow talk was over. (枕邊細語結束後，她躡手躡腳地走出臥室)

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英譯：
(as) dry as dust

例句：

• The bread is as dry as dust. (這麵包味如嚼蠟)
• Those books are all as dry as dust. (那些書全都枯燥乏味)

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英譯：
You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. / If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. / I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine.

例句：

• I’ll grab the box on the top shelf if you will creep under the table and pick up my pen. You scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours. (如果你願意爬到桌子下面撿我的筆，我也願意把架子最上面的箱子拿下來。你幫我，我也幫你，投桃報李)
• I do have some information you might be interested in, but what can you offer me in return? You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. (我真的有一些你可能感興趣的資訊，但你要拿什麼來回報呢？投桃報李啊！)

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英譯：
do as you would be done by

例句：

• The age-old wisdom of “do as you would be done by” doesn’t seem to apply in business. (「己所不欲，勿施於人」這古諺似乎不適用於商界)
• I will endeavor to “do as you would be done by.” (我會努力做到「己所不欲，勿施於人」)

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英譯：
damn somebody/something with faint praise

例句：

• Mrs. Wang is very proud of her daughter’s achievements, but damns her son’s with faint praise. (王太太對她女兒的成就深感驕傲，但對她兒子的成就明褒暗貶)
• Amy damned Peter with faint praise, calling him one of the best imitators in the world. (艾美對彼得明褒暗貶，稱他是世上最優秀的模仿者之一)

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