如若你看到 'play a practical joke on sb'， 你一定会感到奇怪，什么叫 '开实用的玩笑'呢？ 实际上， 'practical'源于名词'practice'，在这里更侧重于行动，与'verbal joke'（耍嘴皮子式的玩笑...

maxed out 累惨了 A: I‘m working 70 hours this week. I‘m totally maxed out. A: 我这星期工作七十个小时。我真是完全累坏了。 B: 70 hours? I‘d be dead if I worked this ha...

Shop- assistant : Can I help you?  Mrs. Liu : I‘m just looking at these jackets.  Shop- assistant : May I know who is it for? Maybe I can give you some suggestions. ...

小时候玩过“打水漂”吗？大家分头找来扁平的石头或瓦片，投出去，比比看谁的水漂在水上点的次数多、飞得远；一连打出的漂儿像蜻蜓点水，甚是好看…… 有没有想过，“打水漂”的游戏国外也有...

A:The government is considering jacking up the gas tax again. 政府又在考虑提高汽油税呢.(jack up '增加,提高(水平,质量,物价,税收等)') B:Another tax hike? Brother,that‘s all we need ...

get worked up over something Definition: become angry or annoyed about something 含义是对什么事情感到生气、恼怒 例句： He got all worked up over the last exam. 他对上次考试非...

如果别人在你旁边罗嗦个没完，你感到厌烦了，说'you are so boring!'(你真烦！)。“shut up!”（闭嘴！）自然没错，可人家受得了吗？不如来一句“oh, come on.Give me a break!”(帮帮忙，让我...

dirty work Definition: Necessary, but uninteresting, or difficult work 这句话的意思是“必须要做的但很无聊或很难的工作”，其实也就是做苦工，或者是吃力不讨好的工作。 例句： He ...

This is too good to be true.这简直不敢让人相信。 Nothing could be more wonderful.没有比这更让人高兴的了。 I made it!我成功了！ You did it.你干得不错！ I’m lucky.我运气好。 Thank h...

all in a day‘s work Definition: nothing special, part of the routine 这句话的意思是“没什么特别的，司空见惯” 例句： Don‘t worry about it. It‘s all in a day‘s work. 别担...