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186、rainy day
Rainy day的意思是：今后可能需要钱的时候，也就是准备一些钱，以防万一。
例句 1 ：Every week when I get my paycheck, I always try to put fifty dollars in my savings account for a rainy day. Who knows--I might lose my job someday or get sick and not be able to work!
每星期我拿到工资后，我总是想办法存五十美元到银行里去，以防万一。谁知道呀，也许哪一天我失业了，或者生病不能工作了。
例句 2 ：When you're twenty-five years old, sometimes it's hard to worry about rainy days off in the future. But if you're smart, you'll start saving for rainy days because rainy days come to us all.
当你只有二十五岁的时候，你恐怕很难为将来的需要担心。但是，要是你很聪明的话，你就会为将来遇到的困难而开始攒钱，因为每个人都会有穷困的时候。
187、buddy
Buddy这个字在军队里特别普遍，但是一般平民用的也非常多。Buddy这个字已经有一百五十多年的历史了，它来自brother，因此，buddy这个字可以说是指那些和你亲如兄弟一样的朋友。
例句 1 ：What sticks most in my mind is all the good buddies I saw killed there. I'll remember their faces as long as I live, because they were like brothers to me.
在我脑子里印象最深的是那些我亲眼看到被杀害的好朋友。我这一辈子也忘不了他们的脸，因为他们就像是我的亲兄弟一样。
例句 2 ：Sally and I don't have any romantic interest in each other. We're just good buddies who come from the same town and enjoy having a cup of coffee and talking about people we both know.
我和沙莉都没有谈情说爱的意思。我们是同乡，也是好朋友。我们喜欢在一起喝杯咖啡，谈谈大家认识的人而已。
188、sidekick
Sidekick这个字的来源很有趣。以前，那些小偷把西装裤两边的口袋叫做sidekick。要从这两个口袋里偷钱包是最困难的，因为人们在走路的时候两只手老是在口袋边摆动。逐渐，sidekick这个字就演变到好朋友的意思，指那些非常忠实的朋友，每当你需要的时候，他们总会在你身边帮忙的。
例句 1 ：I'm really looking forward to the tenth reunion of the class of 1983. For one thing it's a chance to see my old sidekick Billy Bob. We roomed together, played side by side on the football team--well, he was my best buddy back in the good old days.
我真是迫不及待地想去参加83届的第十次同学会。这是我见到老朋友比利鲍伯的一个机会。我和他那时住在一个房间里，在足球队里一起踢球，他真是我当年最好的朋友。
例句 2 ：In the old cowboy movies I used to see as a boy, all the heroes had a sidekick. The sidekick was never as smart or handsome or brave as the hero but he was always there to help out in times of danger.
在我小时候看的那些西部电影里，所有的英雄人物都有一个亲密的朋友。而这个朋友总是没有那个英雄那么聪明、英俊和勇敢，但是每当发生危险的时候，他总是在那里全力相助。
189、to put on the dog
To put on the dog就是摆排场给别人看。大概一百多年以前，一些有钱的人往往化很多钱去买一只稀有品种的小狗来显示自己很有钱。一些阔太太们经常在接待客人的时候把一只小狗抱在腿上来眩耀自己的阔气。当时耶鲁大学的学生就创造了to put on the dog这一说法来嘲笑那些暴发户。
例句 1 ：Joe Doak is sure putting on the dog since his rich aunt died and left him 10 million dollars. He's bought the biggest house in town and a Mercedes 600, and talks about buying some riding horses.
乔多克自从他阿姨去世，留给他一千万美元遗产以后，他可真是摆阔气。他买了城里最大的一栋房子，还有一辆奔驰600型号的汽车。他还在说要买几匹马供他骑马玩呢。
例句 2 ：I had this friend in the army who was the son of one of the richest men in the country. But what I like about him was that he never put on the dog to show off his money.
我在部队服役的时候有个朋友，他的爸爸是美国最有钱的人之一。我很喜欢这个朋友，因为他从来也不炫耀自己多么有钱。
190、to go to the dogs
这个俗语的意思就是：变得很穷，一败涂地，彻底破落。比如说，在十九世纪的时候，美国西部发现金矿的地区出现了一个又一个新的城镇。许多人到那里去淘金，都想发家致富。可是后来怎么样了呢?
例句 1 ：As soon as the gold was all gone, these towns went to the dogs almost overnight. Everybody moved away, and these places are ghost towns now, with the wind whistling through the empty houses and shops.
等到金子都淘光了，这些城镇一下子就被人遗弃，彻底完蛋了。那里所有的人都走了，剩下的只有风在吹过空房子和商店的时候发出的沙沙声。
例句 2 ：I always thought my friend Pete had a good future. But then he got hooked on heroin and lost his job and his wife--I never saw a man go to the dogs so fast!
我总以为我的朋友皮特是很有前途的。但是后来他吸上了毒品，失去了工作，妻子也走了。我从来没有看到过任何人破落得这么快的！
191、to let sleeping dogs lie
To let sleeping dogs lie，从字面上来看，这个俗语的意思就是不要去惹正在睡觉的狗，因为睡着了的狗不会咬人。换句话说，也就是：要是采取什么行动会给自己或别人带来麻烦，那么最好还是保持现状，不要采取行动。
例句 1 ：If I were you, I would not tell Nellie you saw her husband having lunch with another woman. It might have been perfectly innocent, so I'd let sleeping dogs lie.
要是我是你的话，我就不会去告诉内利你看见她丈夫和另一个女人一起吃午饭的事。也许他们根本就没有什么事，所以你还是别惹麻烦。
例句 2 ：Can you prove that your neighbor stole your lawnmower? If not and you call the cops, he could make real trouble for you. Better to let sleeping dogs lie!
你有证据证明你的邻居偷了你的割草机吗？要是你没有证据，又去报了警，他可以给你制造好多麻烦的。你还是算了吧！
192、Every dog has his day
Every dog has his day这个俗语的意思是：每个人总会有实现自己愿望的一天。
例句 1 ：Darling, I know how upset you are that you didn't get the promotion. But don't take it too hard--your turn will come. You know what they say--every dog has his day!
亲爱的，我知道你因为没有被提升而感到很不高兴。你可别把这件事看的太重了。你以后会有机会的。就像他们说的：人人都有得意之时嘛。
例句 2 ：Okay, so this publisher sent back your manuscript. There are plenty of other publishers. You'll find one who'll buy it--remember, every dog has his day!
行了，就算这个出版商把你的手稿退了回来，那还有好多出版商呢。你会找到一个愿意接受你作品的出版商的。别忘了，人人都会有机会的。
193、to throw a curve
美国人在打棒球时经常喜欢发曲线球，使球的方向会发生突变，这样给对方造成错觉，不能回击那个球。这和其他球类运动，如排球、乒乓球或网球，在发球时发转球的作用也很相似。逐渐地，这种让对方产生错觉，因而无法应付的球艺变成了日常用语：to throw a curve。Curve就是曲线的意思。To throw a curve就是在打棒球时发曲线球。但是作为俗语，它的意思是给别人造成错觉，让他难以应付。
例句 1 ：Professor Green certainly threw us a curve today. Half the questions were from parts of the book he told us to read but he never covered them in class. Of course, most of us didn't bother to read the stuff, so we really got caught.
格林教授今天可真是把我们难住了。考题的一半是他要我们看的那本书里的内容，可是他从来也没有在课堂上讲过。我们大多数人也都没有化时间去看那玩意儿，所以今天我们突然发现无法应付考题了。
To throw a curve还可以解释为“欺骗”。
例句 2 ：My supervisor threw me a curve when he told me he would recommend me for the promotion. He didn't tell me he was also recommending three other people for the same job. So I didn't get it.
我的上司欺骗了我，他告诉我他要建议给我提升。可是，他没有告诉我他同时还推荐了另外三个人担任同一个职位。结果我没有被提升。
194、to throw for a loop
Loop是圆圈的意思。To throw for a loop是指“感到非常震惊”或者是“情绪很波动”。
例句 1 ：Bill told me he couldn't take me out last night because he had to study for a big exam. So it threw me for a loop when I saw him walking into the movie theater with that stupid girl who sits next to him in biology class.
比尔告诉我，他昨天晚上不能带我去玩，因为他要准备大考。所以，当我看到他和那个生物课坐在他旁边的傻姑娘一起走进电影院的时候我真是大吃一惊。
例句 2 ：When I saw my semester grade for the chemistry course, it really threw me for a loop! I was sure I'd get at least a "B"--but there it was in black and white: a "D". So I barely managed to pass.
当我看到我的化学课学期成绩的时候，我真是吓了一跳。我满以为我至少能得一个“B”，可是白纸上写的黑字是一个“D”。所以我刚刚及格。
195、crocodile tears
Crocodile就是鳄鱼。Crocodile tears和中国人常说的“猫哭老鼠假慈悲”是一样的意思。Crocodile tears这个俗语来自一个古老的神话，说是鳄鱼往往发出一种哭的声音来引诱那些它们要吃的动物，然后一面吃一面流眼泪。这当然不是事实，但是这个说法已经成为了常用语，指的是鳄鱼的眼泪，实际上也就是“猫哭老鼠假慈悲”。
例句 1 ：The truth is that Pete never liked his rich Uncle John. But you should have seen his crocodile tears when the old man died and left him a million dollars!
皮特从来都不喜欢他那有钱的叔叔约翰，这是事实。可是那老人去世的时候给他留了一百万美元，你可真该看看皮特当时那假流泪的样子。
例句 2 ：In his speeches the mayor always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people. But I don't see him doing anything to help them.
这位市长在讲话时总是装得好像他对穷人和无家可归的人非常同情。但是，我并没有见到他做些什么来帮助他们。
196、sob story
Sob是哭泣的意思，story就是故事。Sob story的意思就是某人编造一个令人伤心的故事来赢得别人的同情，甚至于让人给钱来帮助他。
例句 1 ：Usually I don't give money to beggars. But this nice young man told me a sob story about needing money for a bus ticket to see his dying mother, so I gave him two dollars.
一般我是不给乞丐钱的。但是，这个看上去挺不错的年轻人告诉我他需要钱坐公共汽车去看他那快要死的妈妈。他说得这么悲惨，我就给了他两块钱。
例句 2 ：On my way to work this man stopped me and said he hadn't eaten in three days so I gave him a dollar. On my way home I saw him get into a new car and drive off and I know now he had given me a sob story.
在我去上班的路上那个人挡住了我，对我说，他已经三天没吃东西了。所以我给了他一块钱。可是，我在回家的路上看见他跨进了一辆新的汽车后就开走了。我这才知道他说的事全是假的。
197、to cry in one's beer
有不少美国人经常到酒吧间去，一面喝酒，一面聊天。还有的人在心情不好的时候喜欢到酒吧间去喝酒解闷。To cry in one's beer，它的意思是坐在酒吧间里对着啤酒哭，自己可怜自己。
例句 1 ：Come on, Joe! Instead of sitting around in a bar all day crying in your beer about not having any money, why not get off your bottom and go out and look for a job!
行了，乔伊！与其成天坐在酒吧间里，为了没有钱而可怜自己，你为什么不振作起来到外面去找个工作呢！
例句 2 ：I'm tired of hearing my roommate crying in his beer about how hard it is to get good grades. If he'd stay home and study instead of going out every night, I'm sure he'd do a lot better in his classes.
我那同宿舍的同学老是自我怜悯，说要得到好分数是多么的难。我听得都烦死了。要是他每天晚上呆在家里念书，而不是老出去玩，我肯定他的成绩会好得多。
198、cry baby
大家有没有碰到过一种老是哭哭啼啼、抱怨日常生活中一些琐事的人？美国人把这种人叫作：cry baby。
例句 1 ：Come on, Jack, you're twenty years old--don't be such a cry baby about everything. We all have our problems, but you ought to do something about them instead of just complaining.
行啦，杰克，你已经二十岁了，别有一点儿事就哭。我们大家都会碰到一些问题的。但是，你得想办法来解决问题，而不能老是抱怨。
例句 2 ：Bill, don't be such a cry baby about going to the dentist: all he's going to do is clean your teeth. Look at your little sister--she's not making a fuss about it.
比尔，别为了去看牙就哭哭啼啼的。他只是替你洗洗牙而已。看看你的妹妹，她就没有这样大惊小怪的。
199、cloudy
Cloud这个字是名词，意思是云。Cloud后面加一个字母y就成了形容词，意思是：多云。但是，它的含意也可以解释为：暗淡、不乐观；或者解释为不清楚，不明确。
例句 1 ：When you look at all the trouble spots around the globe right now, the future of international trade looks very cloudy.
要是你看看当前全球所有有问题的地方，国际贸易的前景看来是很暗淡的。”换句话说也就是，这位播音员认为国际贸易的前景并不乐观。
例句 2 ：I'd have to say the chances are cloudy. We have quite a bit of support for this bill but we're not sure that we have enough votes to get it passed.
我觉得很难肯定。支持这项提案的人还不少，但是我们不敢肯定我们会有足够的票数来通过这项提案。
200、in the clouds
我们每个人恐怕都有白日做梦的时候。有的时候，我们一边走路，一边在想心事，或者是一边做什么事，一边在想其他事情，身边发生什么事全然没有注意到。美国人把这叫做：in the clouds，这个短语可以解释为：心不在焉，思想开小差。
例句 1 ：Sally is my best friend but she walked right past me today, and didn't even say hello. Her head certainly was in the clouds--she looked like her mind was a thousand miles away.
沙莉是我最好的朋友，可是，她今天在我身旁走过，连招呼都没有跟我打。她肯定在白日做梦，看起来她的心思好像在一千哩以外的地方。
例句 2 ：I was really embarrassed--the teacher asked me a question and I didn't even hear him; I was daydreaming and my head was in the clouds.
我当时真是非常难堪。老师问我问题，我根本没有听见。那时，我刚好在做白日梦，思想在开小差。 |
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