英文慣用語10句第八集(English Idioms Episode 8)
慣用語往往短小精悍，富於哲理，具有較高的概括性和表達性，眾多學者、語言學家和文字工作者對其推崇備至。慣用語無處不在，其形式和意義的約定俗成和文字的風趣幽默大大增強了語言的生命力和表現力。
─摘自《英漢成語異同比較》作者 肖芬(Xiao Fen)老師，中國，中南財經政法大學外語學院副教授。
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Content of English
Idioms Episode 8(10 Items)：
01. A bad egg/a hot potato.
02. A hard nut to crack.
03. Back number.
04. All ears/All
eyes.
05. All thumbs/ Green thumb.
06. Beat the air/ Beat it/Beat it up ＝Whoop it up.
07. At sixes and sevens.
08. Call it a day/ Close call＝Close shave.
09. Out to lunch. 腦子不清楚專注，做白日夢。
10. Think big, Start＝Do＝Act small.大處著眼，小觸著手。
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01. A bad egg壞蛋,壞傢伙。(a bad person, bum)。/A hot potato燙手的馬鈴薯；難對付的人；棘手的事。
a bad egg的例句：
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1.
Henry Higginson's a bad egg. If he wants
to borrow any money from you ,don't lend it to him.
Henry
Higginson是個不可靠的人。如果要他要向你借錢，別借給他。
2. The scheme was a bad egg. 計畫失敗了。
3. I observed the doctor sniffing and sniffing, like someone tasting
a bad egg.
我看到大夫不停地在四周嗅呀嗅，就像人們聞到了一隻臭雞蛋一樣。
4. At times I am a thoroughly bad egg.有時候，我是一個十足的壞蛋。
5. He's been in prison several times for all sorts of crimes; he's
a bad egg. 他因各種罪行入獄多次，他是個壞蛋。
6. That guy is a bad egg. 那個傢伙是壞蛋。
7. That man is a bad egg
so you should try and avoid him if you can.
8. The judge sentenced the bad egg to
death. 法官判這個混蛋死刑。
圖1. A bad egg壞蛋,壞傢伙,不可信任的人。
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A Hot Potato棘手的問題;難以處理的問題;燙手山芋之例句：
1. Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，許多學校部門都覺得按水準分班是一個棘手的問題。
2. The racial discrimination issue is a
political hot potato.
種族歧視問題是政治上的棘手問題。
3. Money policy is fast becoming a hot potato.
貨幣政策很快地成為一個棘手難題。
4. It's a political hot potato.它是個棘手的政治問題。
5. You should adopt another way to deal
with this hot potato.
你應該採取另外的方式處理這種棘手的情況。
6. If you describe a problem or issue as a hot potato, you mean that
it is very difficult and nobody wants to deal with it.
7. Every one
can see how the boss looks when he handles a hot
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11. The issue of abortion has been a hot potato in America
for a long time.很長時間以來，人工流產在美國一直是一件很棘手的事。
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12. Tax-hike and abortion are two hot potatoes on the
agenda of today ' s meeting. cut / cutting taxes減稅
在今天的會議議程中，增稅和墮胎是二件爭議性的話題。
13. The Mideast conflict is really a hot potato for all
politicians around the world.中東問題對世界所有的政治家來說都是燙手的馬鈴薯。
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14. The issue of building the nuclear power plant is a
real hot potato for the local town council.
圖2. A hot potato燙手的馬鈴薯、難對付的人。
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02. A hard nut to
crack 難題、難解之事、不易親近或了解的人、不易說服的人。
1. My boss is a hard nut to crack.
我的老闆是個很難對付的人。
1. My boss is a hard nut to crack.
我的老闆是個很難對付的人。
2.
The girl found the algebra lesson was a hard nut to crack．
這女孩發現代數課難以應付。
3.
Dealing with that problem was a hard nut to crack. You must have
worked
hard to solve it.處理那個問題很難，你一定花了很大的氣力。
4. This is really a hard nut to crack. 這事真扎手。
5. They say that she is a hard nut to crack.
據說她是一個難馴服的女人。
6. He is a hard nut to
crack. 他是個難對付的人。
7. That's a hard nut to
crack. 那是一個難題。
8. It was then a
hard nut to crack. 在那時是一樁很棘手的事。
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Authentic Real English. About A Hard Nut
To Crack實境英語
Jenny: Have you talked to the new manager?
Jerry: No, I haven't. What about her?
Jenny: Well, I don't think that she is easy to get along with.
Jerry: Are you saying that our new manager is a
hard nut to crack?
珍妮：妳和新來的經理有談過話嗎？
傑瑞：還沒有。她怎麼了？
珍妮：我不認為她是一位容易相處的人。
傑瑞：照妳的意思，咱們新來的經理是位難纏的人物囉？
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10. I never
know Bill very well .He was not very communicative and always seemed to me a hard nut to crack.
我從來就不太瞭解比爾，他不太愛說話，我總覺得他這個人很難對付。
11. A company whose product has sold well in the States
may find the European market a tougher nut to crack.
產品在美國大賣的公司，可能會發現歐洲市場相對較難打進。
圖3. A hard nut to crack 難題、難解之事(something．difficult to understand or to do.)。
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Doha round (WTO 的Doha回合談判)：這是在卡達首都Doha開始展開的一系列的談判。之前為烏拉圭回合，更早之前有甘乃迪回合、東京回合等談判，這些都是在GATT（General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade,關稅暨貿易總協定）時代的談判。這些回合的名稱冠上地名，表示回合一開始就在該地舉行。
Doha回合即Doha回合貿易談判，又稱多哈發展議程(Doha
Development Agenda,DDA)，是世界貿易組織於2001年11月在卡達首都Doha舉行的世界貿易組織第四次部長級會議中開始的新一輪多邊貿易談判，旨在推動全球農業、製造業和服務貿易的自由化，建立更合理的多邊貿易體系。
學英文者更應稍微瞭解時事！網友認為如何呢？
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03. Back number 過期的刊物、過時的人物、老古董。
1. I didn't buy the magazine last month; I
must try to get hold of a back
number so that I can catch up on the articles I
missed.
我沒有購買上月的雜誌。我必須設法拿到過期的雜誌以便能及時補讀沒讀過的文章。
2. I'm terribly sorry. I lost the magazine
you lent me the other day.
It
doesn't matter it was a back number anyway.
實在抱歉。我把你幾天前借給我的雜誌丟了。不要緊。反正是一本過期雜誌。
3. He is a back number. 他是個落伍的人。
4. I am not entirely a back number Taylor
Taylor，我還不是一個毫無力量的人。
5. Never mind
about him, he's a back number.
不要碰他，他是個頑固派。
6. Maybe I'm a
back number. I can never enjoy a play of staccato
scenes. 也許我是個落伍的人了，我欣賞不了一齣場面互不連貫的戲。
7.
A lot of old books and back numbers have been sold
好多過期的書刊雜誌都賣了。
好多過期的書刊雜誌都賣了。
8.
He collects back numbers of comic magazines
他收集過期的連環漫畫雜誌。
他收集過期的連環漫畫雜誌。
9. This building has become a
back number in design.
這幢建築物的設計已經過時了。
這幢建築物的設計已經過時了。
04. All ears 洗耳恭聽。/ All eyes 目不轉睛。
all ears & all eyes的例句：
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1. Go on with
your story; I am all ears.
繼續講你的故事，我洗耳恭聽。
2. If anybody spoke of that grisly
matter, I was all ears in a moment.
如果誰談起那件可怕的事情，我馬上就會聚精會神地聽起來。
3. He has lost a wife whose beauty
astonished all eyes, whose words took all ears captive.
他失掉的妻子漂亮得使人人看了都驚艷，誰聽見她說話都會被她所吸引。
4. A detective must be all
eyes and all ears.
一個偵探必須眼觀六路，耳聽八方。 |
5. When I mentioned my new boyfriend, she was all
ears.
當我提到我的新男友，她就很注意地聽。
6. She said she
was all
eyes looking for you.
她說她當時正目不轉睛地盯著你。
7. All
eyes or rather ears，are fixed on its latest movie.
所有的眼睛或者耳朵都在關注著最新的電影。
8. All
eyes are on Mr.
Brown，watching for his reaction.
所有的目光都集中在布朗身上，期待著他的反應。
9. If he was
the cynosure
of
all
eyes he didn't notice.
如果他是大家關注的焦點的話，那他本人卻注意不到這一點。
10. This painting is very beautiful. I'm all eyes
at it.
這幅畫畫得美極了，我看得目不轉睛。
11. I never chanced to see its kind
in any market; it would be the cynosure
of all
eyes there.
這一種魚我從沒有在市場上看到過；在那兒，它必然會成眾人之所矚目。
12. Since tomorrow morning also
brings with it a powerful Full Moon from Sagittarius(人馬座) to Gemini(雙子座), you need to be all eyes and ears throughout this
evening and into the early hours of Saturday.
因為明天早晨在人馬座到雙子座之間還會出現一輪強勁的滿月，你就需要從今晚到週六淩晨之間一直眼觀六路，耳聽八方。
圖4. Be All
Ears專心傾聽。
5. All thumbs笨手笨腳的；一竅不通的。/ Green thumb很會種花種菜的園藝巧匠。
all thumbs的例句：
1.
Harry tried to fix the chair, but he was all thumbs.
Harry想修理那把椅子，可他笨手笨腳的。
2.
His fingers are all thumbs. 他笨手笨腳。
3.
I’m all
thumbs when it comes to drawing. 我對繪畫一竅不通。
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4. When it
comes to dancing, I'm all thumbs.
談到跳舞，我真是一竅不通。
5. He tried to fix bicycle , but he was all thumbs.
他試著修自行車，可是他笨手笨腳。
6. On the first day of class , Candy was all thumbs.
上課的第一天，Candy弄得手忙腳亂。
7. Oh , man , look what I did . I’m all thumbs today.
哦，兄弟，我都做了些什麼今天真不順。
8. When it comes to mathematics , I’m all thumbs.
一提起數學，我是一竅不通。
9. I dropped my coffee cup . I’m all thumbs today.
我把咖啡杯掉到地上了，我今天笨手笨腳的。
10. What a bummer ! I’m all thumbs today anyway.
真糟糕！不管怎樣，我今天整天都是笨手笨腳的。
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17. When it comes to dancing, I'm all
thumbs.談到跳舞，我真是一竅不通。
18. It's funny
how Doctor Brown can do delicate brain surgery in the operating room, yet his
wife Mabel says he's all thumbs at home when he tries to
change a light bulb or hammer a nail in the wall to hang up a picture.
Doctor Brown的太太Mabel說，Doctor Brown在家裡笨手笨腳，換個燈泡，在牆上敲一個釘子掛張畫都不行；而他卻能夠在手術室裡做那種很精細的腦外科手術。這真是很有趣。
圖5. All thumbs笨手笨腳的。
green thumb(園藝巧匠)的例句：
1. I sure wish I had a green thumb like Mister
Jones next door. Every year he grows the best tomato and sweet corn in our
whole neighborhood. And his roses are absolutely beautiful!
我真希望我也能夠像我的鄰居Mister Jones那樣，能把花和菜種得那麼好．他種的番茄和甜玉米在我們這個居民區裡每年都是最好的．另外，他種的玫瑰花簡直是漂亮極了！
2. All my friends said that I have a green thumb. They keep on
asking me what I do to the plants at home as they look so shining and healthy.
To tell you the truth, the only thing I do is water them once a week.
我的朋友都說我特別會種花。因為我家裡的花草看起來油亮亮的，長得很好．他們老是問我究竟用了些什麼方法．說實話，我只不過就是一個星期澆一次水。
3. I wish I had a green thumb like Mrs. Lee look at
the beautiful roses in her garden.
我真希望我能像李太太那樣會種花，瞧她院子裡的玫瑰花多好看呀！
4. I guess I don't have much of a green thumb, every year I plant
cabbage, beans and sweet corn in my backyard but all I ever get is a lot of
weeds.
我猜想我在種菜方面是沒有什麼才能．每年，我在後院種菜、種豆和種玉米，可是長出來的大都是草。
06. Beat the air白費勁、白費力氣。/ Beat it 走開、滾開、逃跑，滾蛋。/Beat it up or Whoop it up尋歡作樂。
whoop激動、歡樂時的高叫, 高呼。
beat
the air的例句：
1. His speech merely beat
the air as his argument was not convincing at all.
他的演說一點用也沒有，因為他的觀點不令人信服。
2. He is as stubborn as a mule. All those who have tried to persuade him have only been beating the air.
他固執得很，所有試圖勸說他的人都在白費口舌。
3. After searching for the criminal in the thick jungle for three whole days, the police had to admit that they had been beating the air.
在濃密的叢林中搜索了整整三天後，警方不得不承認，他們的力氣白費了。
他的演說一點用也沒有，因為他的觀點不令人信服。
2. He is as stubborn as a mule. All those who have tried to persuade him have only been beating the air.
他固執得很，所有試圖勸說他的人都在白費口舌。
3. After searching for the criminal in the thick jungle for three whole days, the police had to admit that they had been beating the air.
在濃密的叢林中搜索了整整三天後，警方不得不承認，他們的力氣白費了。
4. Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission.
直升機不會飛，它只是讓空氣屈服而已。
5. He raised his forefinger and beat the air oldly before his voice spoke.
他舉起食指，老謀深算地在空中擺了幾下才說下去。
6. All you are doing is to beat the air. Try to be more practical
你目前所做的一切都是徒勞無功的。
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7. You are like Don Quixote in your
actions . what you are doing is beating the air.
你的舉動就像是堂吉珂德。你所做的一切都是徒勞。
8.
Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly, I do not fight like a
man beating the air.
所以我奔跑，不是沒有目標的；我鬥拳，不是白費力的。 |
9. To argue with him is like beating the
air.
跟他辯論簡直是白費力氣。
圖6. Beat the air另一章。
beat it的例句：
1. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was
approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her
will as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.
她開始意識到它是什麼，這逐漸逼近、逐漸佔據她身心的感覺。她掙扎著，企圖用自己的意志力去打敗它；這意志卻如她那雙雪白纖細的手一般軟弱無力。
2. I watch, and I wait, and I beat it.
我觀察它，我等待它，我打敗它。
3.
Let’s beat it while the going is good.
在還沒有危險的時候我們趁早溜之大吉吧。
4.
You bother me. Beat it! 你來惹我。滾開!
5. After the escape from prison, the convicts beat
it into the night.
罪犯們從監獄裡逃出來以後就消失在夜色中了。
6. beat it! 走開！
7. you can't beat it.你什麼也比不上它。
8. Now beat it，will you?! 現在給我滾開，聽見了嗎？！
9. The tall man said, “Beat it,
kid. Don't stay there.”
那位高大男子叫道：“滾開，小鬼！別待在那裡。”
beat it up/ whoop it up的例句：
1. What sort of noise did the neighbors complain about?
Did the Frank and their friends beat it up in the evenings?
鄰居們抱怨的是什麼響聲呢？ 是不是Frank和他們的朋友們在晚上尋歡作樂？
2. Everybody is planning to whoop it up this
weekend.
大家都打算在這個週末好好歡鬧一番。
大家都打算在這個週末好好歡鬧一番。
3. Let's go to the party and whoop it up.
咱們去參加晚會，狂歡一下吧。
咱們去參加晚會，狂歡一下吧。
4. To whip an egg is to beat it up in a basin
with a fork or machine.
攪打雞蛋就是用叉子或機器在盆子中把它打起泡沫。
5. Put all components to the shaker and beat
it up until you get some foaming mass.
投入所有組分到振動器並且打它，直到您得到一些起泡沫的大量。
6. Our next-door neighbor and his friends used to beat
it up a little on
Saturday
evenings.
我們的隔壁鄰居和他的朋友們常於星期六晚聚會，歡鬧一番。
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7. Mobs of
drunken men were whooping it up .
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8. Every spring they whoop
it up for the circus.
每年春天他們都要替馬戲團大加宣傳。
每年春天他們都要替馬戲團大加宣傳。
9. After their victory they were whooping
it up all night long.
他們獲勝後通宵狂歡慶祝。
他們獲勝後通宵狂歡慶祝。
10. The team whooped it up after
winning the game.
該隊在比賽獲勝後歡呼雀躍。
該隊在比賽獲勝後歡呼雀躍。
11. Everybody is planning to whoop
it up this weekend.
大家都打算在這個週末好好歡鬧一番。
大家都打算在這個週末好好歡鬧一番。
12. Let ' s go to the party and whoop
it up.
咱們去參加晚會，狂歡一下吧。
咱們去參加晚會，狂歡一下吧。
13. Father wanted to go to the
country , but the children were
whooping it up for the beach.
父親想到鄉下去，可是孩子們吵著要去海濱。
父親想到鄉下去，可是孩子們吵著要去海濱。
14. The rugby team likes to whoop
it up after a match , especially if they win.這個橄欖球隊喜歡在賽後歡鬧慶祝一番，特別是如果他們獲勝的話。
07. At sixes and sevens 亂七八糟；不協調。
07. At sixes and sevens 亂七八糟；不協調。
at sixes and sevens的例句：
1. His accounts are at
sixes and sevens.他的帳目不清。
2. The members couldn't come to an agreement. They were at sixes and sevens. 委員們不能達一致意見. 他們各抒己見。
3. I haven't had time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens.
我還沒空收拾, 所以什麼都是亂七八糟的。
4. When they moved into the new house, everything was at sixes and
sevens. 他們剛搬進新房子, 一切都是亂七八糟的。
5. Returning from their holiday, they were surprised to
find their house
at sixes and sevens.度假歸來, 他們吃驚地發現房子裡亂七八糟的。
6. Our football team was at sixes and sevens because our coach
broke
his arm.我們的足球隊弄得亂七八槽,因為我們的教練胳膊摔斷了。
7. When We went in we found his room at sixes and sevens.
我們走進去的時候發現他屋裡亂七八糟。
8. She could see he was at sixes and sevens.
她看出這年輕人心緒很亂。
9. I'm really at
sixes and sevens over taking the new job.
也許要這份新任務,我真拿不準。
10. When we entered the classroom,
everything is at sixes and sevens.
當我們進入教室時，一切都是亂七八糟的。
11. They are still at
sixes and sevens about this matter.
在這個問題上,他們仍然意見不一致。
12. Things happened so fast that Mary was at sixes and sevens.
事情發生得如此快,以致瑪麗心緒煩亂。
13. His wife was away and the house was at sixes and sevens.
他妻子不在,家裡亂七八糟的。
14. The room at
sixes and sevens.這屋子亂七八糟。
15. Everything seemed at sixes and sevens.一切似乎都是亂七八糟。
16. These brothers are always at sixes and sevens.他們兄弟總是不和。
17. I'm at sixes
and sevens these days.這兩天我心裡總是七上八下的。
18. The children are at
sixes and sevens today.
這些小孩子今天一團亂。
19. I'm all at
sixes and sevens about what to do.
我心裡七上八下,不知該怎麼辦。
20. Everybody seems
at sixes and sevens.每個人都好像亂七八糟的。
21. I haven't had time to arrange everything, so I'm all at sixes and
sevens.我沒來得及把每件事都安排好, 因此心裡七上八下的。
22. Things are happening so fast that she's at sixes and sevens
about what to do next.事情發生得如此之快,她感到心緒煩亂,不知下一步如何是好。
23. My room is at
sixes and sevens.我的房間亂七八糟。
24. The dog left the flowerbed at sixes and sevens.
這條狗把花壇踐踏得亂七八糟。
25. The Boy made the room at sixes and sevens.
這男孩把房間弄得亂七八糟的。
08. Call it a day 收工、休息。/ Close call＝Close shave 千鈞一髮、死裡逃生。
call it a day的例句：
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Authentic Real English of call it a day.
收工休息的實境英語：
Helen: Hi Jen... 你累了嗎？
Jen: Oh yes, I
really am. I've been here since seven this morning I think I'm ready to call
it a day now.
Helen: Monday?
Tuesday? 給日子起個名字？你說該叫什麼好？Monday? Tuesday?
Jen: Oh no, I
don't mean...
Helen: How about
Saturday? 我最喜歡星期六。要不我們起個全新的名字。How about Cake-day! Or Coffee-day.
Jen: I don't want
to rename the day. In English, if you're ready to call it a day, it means
that you want to finish whatever you're doing
and usually go home.
Helen: So you want
to call
it a day now? We haven't finished the program yet.
Jen: That's true.
In that case, let's hear some examples of the phrase in action.
We're getting nowhere with this shall we call it a day and start again
tomorrow?
I'm getting picked up from work at five,
so I think I'd better call it a day.
Helen: I see. 如果你說 call it a day, 意思是你決定今天工作到此為止，下班了。
Jen: That's
right, so let's call it a day now.
Helen: Alright
then. Do you fancy a quick drink after work?
Jen: Well, I'm
feeling pretty tired, but I suppose I could come out for one drink.
Helen:那麼我們就快去吧!
Voice: Some time
later...
(Nightclub music)
Helen: Jen, 看看時間 we've been
here seven hours!
Jen: I know! I
don't know where the evening went. It's probably time to call it a night.
Helen: I thought
the phrase was 'call it a day'?
Jen: We can also
say 'call it a night' if you've been somewhere in the evening and
you know it's time to go home.
Helen:該回家了，太晚了. Well, I definitely think that you need
to call
it a night, then. Although look...
Jen: What?
Helen:你看太陽都出來了，我們一宿都在外面。Perhaps we
should call it a day instead?
Jen: That means
it's nearly time for work again! Can I call in sick, please?
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1. I think I'll call it a day and go home. 我想收工回家了。
2. Let's call it a day and go to the
movies. 我們收工看電影去吧！
3. I'm bushed. Let's call it a day. 我很疲倦，今天到此為止吧！
4. Let's call it a day. 今天到此休息吧。
5. It's getting late. Let's call it a day. 時間不早了，今天就收工了吧。
Close call的例句：
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Actually, close call means that you
narrowly avoided danger. Something bad could have happened to you, but you
narrowly avoided a bad situation.
原來 close call 就是說，差一點發生倒霉的事，我算是逃避了這倒霉事．我可以說，今天我差一點就給車撞了．對不對？
Yeah, that's right.
那～， close call 是不是一定得用在跟生命危險有關的場合呢？
Not really. Let me give you another example. The paper you and I turned
in this week was almost late. That was also a close call.
對對對！那教授啊，讓我們在星期二前把報告交給他，我們是星期一晚上才去交的，差一點就過了限期，這也可以說是close call。下回啊，我可再也不敢這麼做了。
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1. The car almost ran me over .It was a close call.
那輛汽車差點把我碾死，真是死裡逃生。
2. Phew! That was a close call—she
nearly saw us!
喔，真險！她差點看到我們。
3. Joe had a close call when his
motorbike nearly collided with a lorry.
喬的摩托車差點同卡車相撞，他僥倖地躲過了。
4. That was a close call, the
train nearly hit the car.
好險，火車差一點就撞上那部車子。
5. Whew! That was a close call! I
almost walked into a pole.
哇！好險！我差一點就撞到了一根柱子。
6.
The opinion polls predicted the election could go either way. But none of us
expected that it would turn into such a close call. It's a mere few hundred votes that make the difference on
who is going to be the next president.
民意測驗早就預計兩位候選人都有贏得這次大選的可能，但是大家卻萬萬沒料到這次選舉結果會如此接近以致難定勝負；僅僅數百票的差別就決定究竟是誰當選下屆總統。
7. When the rock missed him it was a close call.
他差點被落石擊中。
close shave ＝A narrow escape; a close call.千鈞一髮
死裡逃生
close shave的例句：
1.
Wow, that was a close shave.哇，那次是僥倖脫險。
2.
The car passed this close to us——a real close call.
那輛汽車緊挨著我們擦邊而過——真是死裡逃生。
好險呀！汽車差一點撞到那輛嬰兒車。
4. His life is no
longer in danger, but it was a close shave.
他不再有生命危險了,但那真是死裡逃生。
他不再有生命危險了,但那真是死裡逃生。
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1. Take him out, take him out
to lunch.叫他去，叫他去吃午飯。
2. My lady and miss Rachel drove out
to lunch with some friends in the neighborhood . 夫人和Rachel小姐跟鄰近幾個朋友吃飯去了。
3. Take them out to lunch , or do something that would take their mind of off whatever problem they ' re having 帶他們去午飯，或者做事那會讓他們忘記他們原來有的難題。
4. A：Jane gave me the wrong directions to get to the library .
B：Don ' t listen to her she's out to lunch.
A：Jane給我指錯了去圖書館的方向。
B:別聽她的。她與現實生活脫節了。
5. He's smart enough to know that
if he gets involved with that crowd , he’s out to lunch.
他夠聰明的，知道自己要是和那幫人攪和在一起，就會落伍的。 |
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6. She is
totally out to lunch and you should never believe what she tells
you.
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10. Think big, Start / Do small從大處著眼, 從小事著手。
1. By starting small, I mean no matter what grand ideas you have, you don’t
execute them right away. You should start with a small website first, that
focuses on a smaller market, and requires less work and maintenance. First off
by doing this, you will soon learn if this is the business for you. Many, many
people jump into this business and lose interest after a few months.
2. Companies tinker with today's products
rather than pay researchers to think big thoughts.
很多公司寧願對現有產品修補，也不願聘請研究人員做大專案。
3. Think big, start small and Do Fast.大處著眼,小處著手,快速行動。
5. Even know you are starting small there is no reason
that you can’t think big！
即使你知道你是從小做起，但沒有理由說你不可以想得很大呀！
6. Make sure content is relevant to where buyers are in
the buying cycle. Think big, start small and move quickly.
確保內容與處在購買迴圈週期內的購買者息息相關，大膽假設，小心開始，行動迅速。
圖7. Think big從大處著眼。
圖8. Think big從大處著眼，Start
/ Do small從小事著手。
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