Name: 你必須學會的 15 個日常英語成語！ (15 Everyday English Idioms You Must Learn!)
Uploaded: 2024-05-17T11:00:26.000Z
Duration: 9 min 27 s

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是啊，是啊，是啊，我要去學習了。

Hello, my name is Matti from POC English and in this lesson, we're going to learn 15 everyday idioms.

大家好，我是 POC English 的 Matti，在本課中，我們將學習 15 個日常習語。

I don't know if you knew, but POC English stands for piece of cake English.

我不知道你是否知道，POC English 是 piece of cake English 的縮寫。

但是，"一塊蛋糕 "是什麼意思呢？

Piece of cake means something that is very easy to do.

小菜一碟指的是非常容易做到的事情。

And with POC English, learning English is easy.

有了 POC 英語，學習英語就變得容易了。

For example, don't worry about the test, it'll be a piece of cake.

例如，不用擔心考試，考試小菜一碟。

Break a leg doesn't mean to fight or to kill someone or no, no, no.

斷腿並不意味著打架或殺人，也不意味著不、不、不。

Usually before a performance or an exam or a test or an audition, you have your big presentation today, right?

通常在表演、考試、測試或試鏡之前，你今天要做一個重要的演講，對嗎？

It means good luck with the presentation.

It means to describe exactly what is causing a problem or a difficult situation.

這意味著要準確描述造成問題或困境的原因。

To be very accurate at identifying the cause of a problem.

能夠非常準確地找出問題的原因。

You hit the nail on the head when you said that the company needs a new financial strategy.

你說公司需要新的財務戰略，這一針見血。

It means you clearly identified the problem.

這意味著你明確地找出了問題所在。

That means open the bag and let the cat out?

這意味著打開袋子，把貓放出來？

No, it means to accidentally reveal a secret.

不，它的意思是不小心洩露了祕密。

You're not supposed to tell anyone, but you accidentally say it and you let the cat out of the bag.

你本不應該告訴任何人，但你不小心說了出來，就洩露了祕密。

For example, I let the cat out of the bag about their surprise party.

例如，我洩露了他們的驚喜派對。

I bought this tennis racket last week and it cost me an arm and a leg.

我上週買了這把網球拍，花了我一大筆錢。

Yeah, that means I paid for it with my arm and with my leg.

是的，這意味著我付出了我的胳膊和腿。

No, if something costs you an arm and a leg, that thing is very expensive.

不，如果一件東西要花費你一隻胳膊和一條腿，那這件東西就非常昂貴。

It's another way of saying I was ripped off or that it was too expensive.

這是說我被騙了或太貴的另一種說法。

I'm feeling a bit under the weather today.

If somebody is under the weather or is a bit under the weather, they are a bit unwell.

如果有人天氣不好或有點不舒服，那就是有點不舒服。

I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, so I might stay in.

我今天感覺有點不舒服，所以可能會呆在家裡。

Bullet is something that comes out of a gun.

Bite the bullet means to force yourself to do something unpleasant.

咬緊牙關是指強迫自己做一些不愉快的事情。

To do something that you do not like, but is necessary.

做一些你不喜歡但又必須做的事。

For example, if you have an exam and you don't like studying for it, what else can you do?

例如，如果有考試，而你又不喜歡複習，你還能做什麼呢？

I don't really want to exercise today, but I think I'll just have to bite the bullet.

我今天不太想運動，但我想我只能咬牙堅持。

I don't want to exercise, but I have to bite the bullet.

我不想鍛鍊，但我必須咬牙堅持。

Have you ever heard the phrase best of both worlds?

The best of both worlds is a situation in which someone has two different things to enjoy.

兩全其美的情況是，一個人可以享受兩種不同的東西。

And these two different things are totally different.

而這兩種不同的東西是完全不同的。

For example, you have a part-time job that pays really well and you study at a university.

例如，你有一份收入很高的兼職工作，同時還在大學學習。

And at the same time, you're a student and improving your knowledge.

與此同時，你還是一名學生，正在不斷提高自己的知識水準。

You have two different situations, but you're enjoying both.

你有兩種不同的情況，但你都樂在其中。

She works in the city and lives in the country and gets the best of both worlds.

她在城市工作，在鄉村生活，兩全其美。

She works in the city and lives in the country.

Two different situations, but she's enjoying both of them.

兩種不同的情況，但她都樂在其中。