早年茶由中国出口到西方，在西方是很贵重的。所以not for all the tea in China的意思是：即使用中国所有的茶来交换也不，属于夸张用法，作“绝对不”的等同意思，相似的还有：not for the world; not for worlds(用整个世界来交换也不；绝不）；not for the life of me/ you etc
i wouldn't do your job. Not for all tea in China.
i wouldn't hurt her feelings for the world/ for worlds.
Not for worlds would he let his children go hungry.
i cannot for the life of me imagine why they want to leave.
发表于 2008-1-21 16:58:08