汗流浹背;揮汗如雨;滿身大汗;大汗淋漓

英譯:
sweat like a pig; sweat bullets

例句:

  • That was really good exercise. I’m sweating like a pig! (那真是不錯的運動。我已經汗流浹背了!)
  • Kelly was so nervous that she was sweating like a pig. (凱莉緊張得大汗淋漓)
  • Jerry was sweating bullets by the time the police had finished questioning him. (到了警方完成對他的偵訊時,傑瑞已經揮汗如雨了)

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有過之而無不及

英譯:
in spades

例句:

  • He complained that Allen had stolen some of his ideas, but Randy didn’t mention that he had done the same in spades. (他抱怨艾倫竊取了他的一些構想,但蘭迪並未提及他也竊取別人的構想,有過之而無不及)
  • All the workers may think the old boss was bad-tempered, but the new one is the same – in spades! (所有員工可能都認為舊老闆脾氣暴躁,但新老闆的脾氣也一樣,有過之而無不及!)

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take the bread out of someone’s mouth

搶某人的飯碗;剝奪某人的生計。

例句:

  • If Paul does that work, he’ll be taking the bread out of the mouths of his fellow workers. (如果保羅從事那項工作,他就會搶了他同事的飯碗)
  • Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers’ mouths. (降低工資將剝奪這些工人的生計)

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袖手旁觀;按兵不動;無動於衷

英譯:
sit on one’s hands

例句:

  • When I needed help from Helen, she just sat on her hands. (當我需要海倫的幫忙時,她只是袖手旁觀)
  • We need the cooperation of everyone. You can’t sit on your hands! (我們需要每個人的合作。你們不能袖手旁觀、坐視不管啊!)

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the 64,000 dollar question; the sixty-four thousand dollar question; the $64,000 question

關鍵問題;至關重要的問題;最重要的問題。

註:根據 Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 線上字典,這成語源自美國 1955 至 1958 年播出的一個電視問答節目,答對問題者有獎金,而答對最後、也是最難一個問題可獲得 64,000 美元的獎金。

例句:

  • It’s a clever plan, but the sixty-four thousand dollar question is: Will it work? (那是一項巧妙的計畫,但關鍵問題是:它行得通嗎?)
  • That’s the 64,000 dollar question. (那是個至關重要的問題)

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懷恨在心

英譯:
hold/bear/have a grudge (against someone)

例句:

  • She holds a grudge against the judge who sentenced her. (她對判她刑的法官懷恨在心)
  • Billy still has a grudge against Mary because she refused to go out with him years ago. (比利對瑪麗仍懷恨在心,因為多年前她拒絕跟他交往)

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bend one’s/the elbow

喝酒;縱飲 (喝酒過量)。

例句:

  • Henry came to work late today; he must have been bending his elbow last night. (亨利今天上班遲到;他昨晚一定喝酒了)
  • Jack’s bending the elbow with his friends all afternoon. (傑克和他的朋友整個下午都在喝酒)

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前不著村,後不著店

英譯:
(out) in the middle of nowhere

例句:

  • We spent a wonderful year living on a farm in the middle of nowhere. (我們在一處前不著村,後不著店的農場過了一年美好的時光)
  • I’ll need a map to find that pub – it’s out in the middle of nowhere, apparently. (我需要一份地圖來尋找那家夜店 - 顯然地,它地處偏僻,前不著村,後不著店)
  • We found a nice place to eat, but it’s out in the middle of nowhere. (我們發現一處用餐的好地方,但它前不著村,後不著店)

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a piggy in the middle

夾在爭吵雙方中間而處境為難的人;處於對立雙方之間而無能為力的人。

例句:
John’s mother and his wife are always arguing violently, and he is a piggy in the middle and usually suffers the effects of their disagreement. (約翰的母親和他太太婆媳不和,老是激烈爭吵,而他夾在中間處境為難,經常吃苦頭)

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