ladies who lunch指的是花大量时间用来社交的人，通常是指有钱又闲”的人。在过去有钱人家的太太们会在吃精致又贵的午餐时侃侃而谈，进行社交。这个短语来自美国作曲作词家史蒂芬·桑德海姆（Stephen Sondheim）上世纪70年代的一首歌：A toast to ...
power lunch是午餐会”，指公司人员（通常是高层）在吃午餐时开的会”（an occasion at which people eat lunch while they are working and talking about business）。例句：We'...
中文里有俗语天下没有免费的午餐”，英文也有，那就是free lunch。free lunch指不费力或者不付出代价就能白白获得的东西”。例句：There is no such thing as a free lunch.天下没有白吃的午餐。He'll hardly o...
当别人问你要不要do lunch，可千万别理解为让你做饭，这个词的意思是与某人会面并一起用午餐”（= have lunch together，非正式）。例句：I was just calling to see if you wanted to do lunch tomorrow?我就是想...
lose one's lunch是个美式俚语，字面意思是丢掉了午餐”，实际表达是呕吐，没胃口”（to throw up/vomit）。你还可以用toss one’s lunch来表达觉得恶心。例句：I felt like I was going to lo...
如果你想表达带某人出去吃饭”，可以说take sb (out) to lunch。但out to lunch却没有这个意思，真正表达的是疯狂的，注意力不集中，心不在焉，神志不清”。例句：You must have been out to lunch when you wrot...
情投意合”，汉语成语，形容双方思想感情融洽，意见一致，彼此很合得来。可以翻译为find mutual affection and agreement，be in agreement in opinion and feelings或suit each other perfectly&rdq...
去 spice something up 的意思就是放更多香料在食物或饮料里使其更有滋味。另外你也可以 spice up 一段讲话、一个表演或活动：在这里就不是放调料了，而是在其中加入更有趣味，引人入胜的内容。例句This salad was a bit boring so I spiced it ...
To go it alone 可形容一个人做事情自己做，没有其他人的帮忙，单干。例句Now that I have enough experience, I've decided to go it alone and start my own business.I'm not rea...
Full steam ahead 意思是充满信心地和精力饱满地全速前进。例句We've had months of setbacks but now it's full steam ahead. We should have the new product out by April....