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工作、机会和运气的表达

时间:2008-09-24 21:21 | 分类:学习笔记 -
1. 前途远大 have the world before one
You all have the world before you .But you’ll still need to work hard.
你们的前途都很远大,但仍需努力工作

2. 没那回事 nothing of the sort!
Don’t be fooled by their babbling. Nothing of the sort!
别听他们胡说八道,根本就没那回事。

3. 手气好 have the Midas touch
Mr. Wang has the Midas touch: everything he does turns to gold.
王先生的手气特别好,干什么都挣钱。
(此语源自希腊神话。据说神给一个叫Midas的人一种特殊的力量,任何东西只要被他的手一碰就会变成黄金。后来,Midas touch便用来喻指“有发财的运气或技能”了)

4.走运be on the gravy train
He’s been on the gravy train these years.
这几年他一直很走运

5让人给骗了be ripped off
I was ripped off again by that guy.
我又被那个家伙给骗了

6.不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing venture ,nothing have.

7.白费力气plough the air.
Any attempt tot let him change will only be ploughing the air.
你再劝他也只是白费力气

8.命好lead a charmed life
His father is a senior government official, his mother is the general manager of a large company and he himself had passed the TOFEL test and got a scholarship from an American university. He must have been leading a charmful life!
他的命真好。爸爸是政府高级官员,妈妈是公司的总经理,自己通过了托福考试并获得美国一所大学的奖学金。
  
9.倒霉get in the neck
In the family, if the kicks-up are found out by the parents , it’s always the oldest of the children who’ll get in the neck.
在家里,如果孩子们打架被父母发现了,倒霉的总是年龄大的孩子。

10.背黑锅hold the bag
Under no circumstances have I made anyone hold the bag for me.
在任何的情况下,我从没有让任何人为我背黑锅

11. 有利可图的事an angle
That guy never does anything unless there’s an angle in it.
无利可图的事,那家伙是从来不会干的

12.吃苦头burn one’s fingers
I burned my fingers in helping that guy before.
以前,我为了帮那个家伙吃了一些苦头

13.被开除be sacked
He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
他因为玩忽职守被开除了

14.因祸得福a blessing in disguise
He had an accident and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise: a pretty nurse fell in lover with him during his stay in the hospital
他遭遇车祸反而因祸得福了:住院时和一个漂亮的护士相爱了

15.一举成名be vaulted to fame
Lao Zhang was vaulted to fame, a classic example of overnight success.
老张就是个一夜成功,一举成名的典型例证

16.千载难逢 once in a blue moon
This is a chance once in a blue moon.
这可是个千载难逢的好机会阿

17.十拿九稳it’s dollar to buttons
I bet he will pass the exam. Its dollars to buttons.
他肯定能通过这次的考试,这是十拿九稳的了

18.没门!No way!

19.好日子不多了one’s days are numbered
He felt a rush of chilled feeling of anxiety when he realized that his days were numbered.
他意识到自己好日子没几天了,不禁感到一阵凄凉和恐慌。
20.有点玄乎 a bit iffy
As far as I can see, their success is a bit iffy.
依我看,他们的成功有点玄乎
  
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