不可译成数字的数词
1. He is a fool of the first water.2. The business was over in two-twos.
3. We must put two and two together.
4. The shirts are second to none in the shop.
5. He is a second-storey man.
6. The fellow is a third ear.
7. The film seems to have a third dimension.
8. The novel is full of four-letter words.
9. The poor old man seems to be a fifth wheel in the family.
10. I asked my wife many questions, but she took the fifth.
11. They are six of one and half a dozen of the other.
12. We are behind the eight ball.
13. It's only a nine day's wonder.
14. He took ten and went on working.
15. They belong to the upper ten.
16. His boss is a ten-minute man.
17. You'll strike twelve if you study hard.
18. She talked nineteen to the dozen.
19. He is running like sixty.
20. She thinks her husband is a man in a million / thousand.
Answer:
1. 他是个大傻瓜。
2. 工作转眼间就做好了。
3. 我们必须依据事实推理。
4. 在这家商店里，这些裙子是上等的。
5. 他是个夜贼。
6. 那家伙是个告密者。
7. 那部电影看起来有真实感。
8. 那本小说里脏话连篇。
9. 那位可怜的老人仿佛在家里是个多余的人。
10. 我问了妻子很多问题，可她拒绝回答。
11. 他们是半斤八两。
12. 我们处于不利地位。
13. 这是一件仅轰动一时的事。
14. 他小憩片刻后继续工作。
15. 他们属于上流社会。
16. 他的老板是个精力充沛的人。
17. 如果你努力学习，你就会获得成功。
18. 她滔滔不绝地说着。
19. 他在飞快地跑着。
20. 她认为她丈夫真是百里挑一的。
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