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郎博士英语专栏 (06-30-2012)

习语怎么说?

习语怎么说?

  before you know it 马上/很快地

  例句

  - I’ll be there before you know it.

   我马上就到。

  - If you keep spending money like that, you’ll broke before you know it。

  你要是如此花钱如水的话,不用多长时间你的钱就都花完了。

  begin to see daylight 开始看到光了,比喻某事终于快做完了。

  

  例句

  

  -I’ve been working on my thesis for two years, and at last I’m beginning to see daylight.

  我的论文已经做了两年了,现在终于快熬到头了。

  -I’ve been so busy. Only in the last week have I begun to see daylight.

  我一直很忙,就从上周才开始觉得快忙到头了。

  为什么这么说?

  Dull as Dishwater

  单调乏味

  洗盘子的水怎么会乏味呢?其实dishwater 原本是“ditch water”,“ditch”是沟的意思。你想水沟里的水是死水,动也不动,当然很无聊乏味了.

  

  成语巧说

  Beggars can’t be choosers.

  饥不择食;人在屋檐下,不得不低头。 ◇