隨機應變

英譯:
play it by ear

註:play it by ear 原意為聽過樂曲後不看樂譜僅憑記憶演奏。

例句:

  • I’m not sure how long I’ll stay at the party. I’ll just play it by ear. (我不確定我會在派對停留多久。我會隨機應變)
  • I haven’t decided what to say when he comes; I’ll play it by ear. (我還沒決定他來時要說什麼,到時隨機應變吧)

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(as) weak as a kitten/baby

身體很虛弱;身體沒有力氣。

例句:

  • Two months of illness left the athlete as weak as a kitten. (長達兩個月的臥病床榻,使得這位運動員的身體非常虛弱)
  • Henry is as weak as a baby because he doesn’t eat well. (由於吃不下,亨利身體虛弱,沒有力氣)

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眼冒金星;頭暈目眩

英譯:
see stars

例句:

  • I saw stars for hours after I hit my head against a wall last night. (昨晚我頭撞倒牆壁後數小時,我都眼冒金星,頭暈目眩)
  • The door hit me in the face and saw stars for a moment. (門撞在我的臉上,我頓時眼冒金星)
  • The pain made Anna see stars. (安娜痛得眼前直冒金星)

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like a lamb to the slaughter

(如待宰羔羊一般) 大禍臨頭或凶多吉少而渾然不知。

例句:

  • Robert went on a trip to Indonesia like a lamb to the slaughter. (羅伯特去印尼旅遊,似乎不知此行凶多吉少)
  • The job candidates are being called out individually for interviews like lambs to the slaughter. (求職者有如待宰羔羊被請去進行單獨面試)

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狗急跳牆;忍耐總有限度

英譯:
even a worm will turn

例句:

  • You’d better stop maltreating Nina. She’s a mild-mannered woman, but even a worm will turn. (你最好停止虐待妮娜。她是個溫文爾雅的女性,但忍耐總有限度)
  • Even a worm will turn; you had better give her a way out. (人急造反,狗急跳牆;你最好給她一條出路 - 別逼人太甚)

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fight like cat and dog

激烈爭吵 (尤指經常發生者)。

例句:

  • We get on very well as adults but as kids we fought like cat and dog. (我們長大後相處非常融洽,但小時候我們經常爭吵不休)
  • Frank and his wife still love each other very much. But they fight like cat and dog. (法蘭克和他太太彼此仍很相愛,但他們經常大吵大鬧)

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一個巴掌拍不響;一個銅板敲不響

英譯:
it takes two to tango

例句:

  • She blames Amy for stealing her husband. Well, it takes two to tango. (她指責艾美偷了她的丈夫。啊,一個巴掌拍不響)
  • Student: “He hit me first; it wasn’t my fault!” (學生:「他先打我;那不是我的錯」)
    Teacher: “It takes two to tango.” (老師:「一個銅板敲不響」)

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one’s salad days

某人少不更事的時期;某人年輕識淺的青少年時期;某人年輕沒有經驗的時期。

例句:

  • I recall the joys I experienced during the Lunar New Year in my salad days. (我想起青少年時期農曆過年期間我所經歷的歡樂)
  • In our salad days, we were apt to get into all sorts of mischief on the weekends. (在我們少不更事的時期,每到週末我們就會亂搞各種惡作劇)

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lick one’s wounds

(在遭遇挫敗、受到處罰或批評等之後) 自我慰藉;恢復元氣。

例句:

  • After the terrible meeting and all the criticism, Tony went back to his office to lick his wounds. (在這一可怕的會議及眾人的批評之後,東尼回到自己的辦公室恢復情緒)
  • The baseball team was still licking its wounds after its unexpected defeat. (這支棒球隊在意外遭到挫敗之後,還未完全恢復元氣)

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