標籤: 成語

英譯：
the apple of someone’s eye

註：這成語不可寫成 the apple of the eye of someone，其中的 apple 原指「瞳孔」(pupil of the eye)，表示某人對自己非常重要，猶如自己的眼珠一樣珍貴。這成語都位在 BE 動詞之後。

例句：

• The little girl is the apple of her mother’s eye. (這小女孩是她母親的掌上明珠)
• Henry is the apple of his grandfather’s eye. (亨利是他爺爺的心肝寶貝)

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英譯：
in a shambles

例句：

• Sarah made a (complete) shambles of the accounts. (莎拉把帳目記得雜亂無章)
• The meeting ended in a complete shambles. (會議結束時亂成一團)
• Corruption has left the country’s economy in a shambles. (貪污腐敗已使這國家的經濟亂象叢生)

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英譯：
toss and turn; twist and turn

例句：

• I was in the hope that I had a good night’s sleep but instead twisted and turned all night long because I was worried about my job. (我希望一夜好眠，但由於擔心自己的工作，反而整晚輾轉反側，難以成眠)
• Bernard was tossing and turning all night. (柏納德整晚輾轉反側，難以成眠)

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英譯：
tighten one’s belt

例句：

• Things are beginning to cost more and more. It looks like we’ll all have to tighten our belts. (東西開始越來越貴。看來我們都要勒緊腰帶)
• I’ve had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full time. (自從我不再全職工作以來，我一直得勒緊腰帶過日子)

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