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134．不用担心！ Don’t be afraid. / Don’t worry.
135．长话短说！ Make a long story short!
136. 少说废话！ Cut the crap! / Bullshit（粗俗些）
137．你懂什么？ What do you know? / you don’t know the half of it!
注：后者批评对方对情况或事情的不了解，不清楚。
138．我尽力了！ I did the best I could.
139. 你疯了吗？ Are you crazy? / Are you out of your mind?
140. 半斤八两。 Same difference!
141. 这就怪啦！ It doesn’t add up! / It doesn’t make any sense.
E.g. A: I just bought milk yesterday… But we’re out of it today. It doesn’t add up!
142. 知足常乐。 Easy to please.
注：相反的就是“hard to please”（很难伺候）
143. 教坏小孩。 Bad influence （on the kids）.
e.g. A: I don’t want you to hang out with him anymore. He’s such a bad influence on the children.
144. 小气巴拉。 Scrooge！
E.g. A: What a scrooge! He didn’t even buy presents for them on Christmas!
注：Scrooge这个字是从迪更斯的小说“小气财神”中的人物而来，也是圣诞颂歌中的一个主要角色。
145. 不识抬举。 You just don’t appreciate it.
E.g. A: You don’t know when a good thing’s right in front of you. You just don’t appreciate it.
注：appreciate (欣赏), 相反词是“scorn(藐视)”，“disparage(贬抑)”
146. 在说一次！ Say again?
注：say again是口头上，私下聊天时的用法。正式一点的像是“Pardon me?” “Excuse me?”, 或是 “Could you repeat that please?”, 会比较有礼貌。
147. 你觉得呢？ What do you think? / What’s your opinion?(更正式些)
148. 岂有此理！ How did it come to this?
注：通常是事情出乎意料之外，而且多半是朝不好的方面发展。
149. 脸皮真厚！ What nerve!
E.g. A: How dare you talk back to your mother! What nerve!
注：本句是指人大胆、无礼的行为。
150. 你急什么？ What’s the rush? |
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发表于 2007-12-11 21:15:17