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时间：2018-03-20 16:46:00  来源：http://www.pinghe.com  作者：Myron

Snowflake 玻璃心

释义：someone who gets offended or upset too easily

例句：A so-called friend of mine deleted a comment I made on his social media page just because I didn’t agree with him. What a snowflake

          我的一个所谓的朋友删除了我在他社交主页上的评论，就因为我不同意他的看法，真是个玻璃心！

A taste if your own medicine 以其人之道还治其人之身

释义：Receiving the same bad treatment that you have given to someone else.

例句：When I meet up with my boyfriend, he’s always late so this time I’m going to give him a taste of his own medicine and turn up late as well.

          每次和男朋友见面的时候，他总是迟到。我打算以其人之道还治其人之身！所以这次我也要迟到！

Donkey’s years 很长的时间，很久

释义： a long time

例句： I’m so bored; I have been doing this job for donkey’s years

          我好无聊啊，这份工作我做太久了

Left, right ,and Centre 到处；四面八方；总是

释义：Everywhere or all the time

例句：You can’t miss that new film; they ‘ve been promoting it left, right, and centre.

          你不能错过那部新电影，他们一直在到处做推广

Wet weekend 无聊/令人失望的

释义：A boring and disappointing time

例句：That was a wet weekend, my friends were coming to stay but cancelled at the last minute .

          我的朋友本来要来我家做客的， 但是最后又不来了，太令人失望了。

Give us a bell 打电话

释义： give us a call

例句： Just give us a bell and I’ll tell you how to get there

           给我们打电话就行，然后我会告诉你怎么去那儿

No picnic 不容易； 不是轻松的事

释义： There was nothing easy or pleasant about it

例句： Having no job and trying to pay the bill is no picnic

            没有工作收入，还要去支付账单不是件容易的事

No great shakes 并非很好；不太有效；不怎么适合

释义： Not very good or not very impressive

例句： That new singer has a great voice but he’s no great shakes at playing the guitar.

           那个新歌手有一个好的声音，但是她并不怎么擅长弹吉他。

Jiggery – pokery 欺诈，欺骗

释义： Dishonest behavior that is intended to trick people

例句： He really hates jiggery-pokery 他真的痛恨欺骗