the old country并不是指很古老的国家，它对于移民者来说，是母国，故国”。该短语尤用于指欧洲国家。当然，如果你说an old country like China，意思是像中国这样的古国”。要注意前面的冠词使用。greenhorns from the old co...
直译为老手”，其实就很好理解，指〔在某方面〕经验老到”。Helms is an old hand at backroom politics.赫尔姆斯是幕后政治的老手。...
old school可不是旧的学校，作为名词指老派；守旧派”；作为形容词表示传统的；旧式的；具有早期风格的”。He was a politician of the old school.他是个老派政客。a collection of old school hip hop ta...
在英语口语中，我们常听到老外称呼某人为old man，比如my old man或your old man。注意，这里可不是在说老男人”哦~old的确表示年老的，年迈的”，当你说an old man时，可以理解为老人”。但在很多口语情境中，old man可以表示：o...
5. Cash cow5.摇钱树a dependable source of income; a product or service that makes money可靠的收入来源；赚钱的产品或服务Our company's cash cow is the sales department...
1. Monkey business1.猢狲把戏silly or deceitful behavior; stupid or time-wasting activity愚蠢行为或欺骗行为；毫无意义或浪费时间的举动Our accountant has been fired as there was s...
1. Sting这个词大家都知道，可以表示刺”，也指刺痛”，跟扎心”的扎”感觉也是蛮配的。例：His words stung her.他的话刺痛了她。2. Hurt这个词小伙伴们更是再熟悉不过了，可是你们会想着要用吗？这里表示使痛心”、使受...
1 It's okay 好吧重音放在"okay"上面的话，可以表示你持中立的态度，并不情愿。May I use your lipstick？What？Ohit's okay我可以借用你的口红吗？什么？（口红这种私人物品为什么要借啊，我真是很介意啊，可还是要勉强保持...
6.break one's neck：make a great effort to do something尽一切努力去做某事I hope Tom would study harder, because I am breaking my neck to save money to keep ...
1.find one's tongue: to be able to talk; to figure out what to say能说得出话来Mother shouted at me just now. I was too scared to find my tongue.妈妈刚才对我大嚷...