爱,自由,美

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石
石兄
2000-12-28 14:10
Have a heart!讲点良心吧!

When you say this sentence you are implying that the person you are talking to doesn’t have a heart, which means he or she has no passion or kindness. You usually use today’s sentence to persuade someone to do something. For example, if you are shopaholic and willing to go shopping with your girlfriend badly, while your girlfriend don’t feel like. You can say: “Come on, honey. Have a heart, go shopping with me.”

石
石兄
2000-12-30 22:22
You look out of source.你看起来魂不守舍。

If you look out of source, it means you look like you are not yourself. Maybe there is something confusing you so that you are lost somewhere. For example: If my girlfriend said good-bye to me, I‘ll surely look out of source for a long time. You can also use “you look out of it” to mean if there is anyone not being himself, especially when he just wake up in the morning and still looks like in his dreams.

石
石兄
2001-01-04 02:26
She's down in the dumps.她非常沮丧。

As we know, dump means garbage in English, and dumps means depression. If you are down in the dumps, it means you are very depressed about something. Actually you can only use the sentence “I am down” or “I am in the dumps” meaning that you are sad. Well, if you really are down in the dumps, all I can say is “Cheer up, buddy! Tomorrow is another day.”
石
石兄
2001-01-05 22:52
You'll be burning your bridges behind you. 你会断了你自己的后路。

When you burn the bridge behind you the situation is very clear, which means you have nowhere to go or you have nothing to back you up. So when you do something, you really should “look before you leap”. Otherwise, you might be burning the bridge behind you and put you into a very awkward situation.
石
石兄
2001-01-09 23:16
What’s with the attitude?你这是什么态度?

This sentence means what is strong with your attitude? If somebody says, “what’s with something?” it means “what’s wrong with something?” For example: “what’s with your teeth?” or “what is with you and your girlfriend?”
石
石兄
2001-01-12 00:07
Do I look like I'm made of money?我看起来像很有钱的样子吗?

You can also say “Do I look like I’m made out of money?” It means that you are not rich for something. Or you don’t have the money for something you don’t have to buy. For example: If your kids and you pass by a store and your kid is crying for some fancy-looking toy or something , you can tell him or her, “Do I look like I am made of money?” Well, don’t say this to your girlfriend too often. Find something nicer to say when you are about to turn down her request of buying something.

石
石兄
2001-01-16 04:49
I am three sheets to the wind. 我已经飘飘欲仙了。

If somebody is three sheets to the wind, it means he is very drunk and he don’t really know where he is then. Maybe it is because he had been drinking too much or he is enjoying something very much that he is actually very high at the moment. When you are drinking or having fun, try not to three sheets in the wind. It would be better if you stay in sober.
石
石兄
2001-01-19 03:41
Don’t let all this success go to your head.不要因为这些成功而感到过分骄傲。

This sentence means not to be TOO proud of you. It means you are conceited and cocky, or what we called “big-headed” about your success. I think we all have experienced some success in our lives, like when you’ve done a great job or anything that makes you proud. Anyhow, it’s good to be proud, but not too be too proud. Otherwise, it might make you lose your direction and make the people around you not fond of you anymore.

石
石兄
2001-02-01 22:52
You can't have your cake and eat it too. 鱼与熊掌不可兼得。

There is another very similar saying: “You cannot sell the cow and drink the milk.” They mean you cannot have two things at the same time if they are contradicted with each other. Like you cannot work very lazily and expect raises from your company. So, it means you cannot expect too much in your life. You have to give up something in order to gain something else.

石
石兄
2001-02-06 23:49
I will arrange my schedule around your schedule.
我将按您的时间表来安排我的时间。
石
石兄
2001-02-08 23:29
Please give my best regards to your parents.
请代我向你的父母转达我最真诚问候。
石
石兄
2001-02-12 20:25
If I were in your shoes.
如果我是你的话。
石
石兄
2001-02-14 18:23
Be my Valentine.
做我的情人吧。
石
石兄
2001-02-15 18:53
She has the weight of the world on her shoulders.她有很沉重的责任。

This sentence should be easy to understand. If you have the weight of the world on the your shoulders, then you are burdened with a lot responsibility. When this situation happens, you usually have two choices: A, Put your shoulders on to the wheel, and work really hard. B, Take the responsibility off your shoulder before it gets too serious. Otherwise, you are in deep water.
Anyway, life is beautiful if you get calls from a good friend no matter how much weight it is on your shoulder.
石
石兄
2001-02-17 19:51
He has to put his shoulder to the wheel.他必须要开始好好努力了。

If you put your shoulder to the wheel, that means you are putting effort in doing something, you are working really hard. There is another idiom that is similar. It is “to put your nose at the grindstone”. Anyway, if you want to be really good at English, you should start to put your shoulder to the wheel right now.


石
石兄
2001-02-21 02:55
Let's have a glass of beer to bring back the good old days. 让我们喝杯啤酒,回忆往日的好时光。 bring

back the good old days

“把过去的好时光带回来”,此句是老朋友相逢时常说的话,即“回忆往日的 好时光”。
石
石兄
2001-02-24 22:52
Give me a break, will you?
你可以给我一次机会吗?

break 在口语中作名词用时,常指“运气”和“机会”。

上帝啊,我看见了你,就像似醒非醒的孩子,在黎明的薄暗里看见了他的母亲,于是微微一笑又睡去了。
爱,自由,美
石
石兄
2001-02-28 23:06
keep company
I'll stay just to keep you company.
company很多时候指同伴,这里指陪伴。
石
石兄
2001-03-02 01:58
serve someone right
I lost all my money to the casino. Serve you right.
serve是服务,但这句话却是贬义的,用来骂人“活该”,表示某人应得的报应。
石
石兄
2001-03-03 02:58
serve someone right
You can trust him becuase he is a man of his word.
指一个诚实可靠、说的出就做得到的人。
石
石兄
2001-03-06 18:43
Like father, like son
意思是“有其父,必有其子”,用于褒贬均可。
e.g. John is as smart as his father. Like father, like son.
石
石兄
2001-03-12 23:20
She feels like she has a new lease on life.
她觉得生活又重新变的充满生气。

If you feel like her, I must say that I feel very happy for you, because there are hopes again in your life. The word lease originally means “a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.” But here it just means a state or a time. You can also say “She has a new lease OF life.” Anyway, I hope you keep studying English hard and can feel new lease on life everyday.

石
石兄
2001-03-20 22:23
To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is ture knowledge.
知之为知之,不知为不知,是为真知。
无
无力去爱谁
2001-03-23 12:28
好!
嘿嘿
爱与不爱都让人无力,

所以我选择逃避!
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石
石兄
2001-03-24 22:10
It is a piece of cake.真是小菜一碟。

When something you are going to do is very easy.
It can be used in past present and future tense.

For example:
The test I took was a piece of cake.
It’s a piece of cake to score from here.
It will be a piece of cake to win this race.
石
石兄
2001-03-29 23:24
When in rome do as romans do入乡随俗

It means that when you are in a different place or country then your own , you do the same things as the local people do
Example - when in china you should use chopsticks to eat
石
石兄
2001-03-29 23:30
Let me treat you to dinner.我請你吃晚餐。

treat someone to... it means to pay for the food.
for example: I'll treat you to a lobster(龙虾) dinner.
L
linnce
2001-03-30 19:29
When will you treat me a lobster dinner?

石
石兄
2001-03-31 23:28
It is a challenge to live at a new place. 搬到一个新的地方去住是一个挑战。
  
石
石兄
2001-03-31 23:29
I have a bone to pick with you.我有件事要和你理论。

As we know, there is a famous idiom in Chinese—to pick the bone out of an egg. It means to be a quibbler.
And here we’ve got something similar in English. If you have a bone to pick with someone, that means you are ready to pick out some mistakes of someone’s.

石
石兄
2001-04-04 05:08
You really traveled light.你真是轻装旅行啊。

“travel light” it means you have a travel with few pieces of luggage.
For example: This is all I brought. I like to travel light.

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