英语中有很多趣味表达,比如说:fat chance,如果从字面的意思应该是:非常多的机会,不过其真的的意思:
fat chance= slim chance
渺茫的希望;没门儿
【解释】
If you say that there is fat chance of something happening,
you mean that you do not believe that it will happen.
【例句】
There is a fat chance that I will arrive on Monday.
Tuesday is more likely.
我周一到几乎不可能。
周二更有可能。
fat and happy是什么意思?
fat and happy
It means :being content and pleased.
就是“很满足、很开心、心宽体胖“的意思。
【解释】
If you say that someone is fat and happy,
you mean that he or she is pleased and content.
【例句】
Well, you two newlyweds certainly ,
seem fat and happy!
嗯,你们这对新人肯定很开心满足啦!
come to no good (end)
come to no good (end)
= come to a bad end
没有好下场/结果/结局
【解释】
to end up badly; to come to a bad end.
【例句】
Those who forget their heritage,
betray their motherland,
and seek to split the country will,
come to no good end.
凡是数典忘祖、背叛祖国、分裂国家的人,
从来没有好下场。
at the end of the day
at the end of the day
最终;到头来;说到底
【解释】
You say at the end of the day ,
when you are talking about 。
what happens after a long series of events or ,
what appears to be the case after you have ,
considered the relevant facts.
【例句】
At the end of the day,
it's up to them to decide.
到头来,还得由他们决定。
a dead end
a dead end
死胡同;绝境;僵局
dead-end
adj.没有出路/前途的
the end of the road
穷途末路
【解释】
A dead end is a situation offering no prospects ,
of progress or development.
【例句】
The path came to a dead end.
这条路是个死胡同。