Nobody's tomorrows are guaranteed

最近迷上美國影集Castle[靈書妙探]，在第四季第19集中，因為此集案件為炸彈攻擊事件，讓Castle覺得生命可貴，害怕錯失機會，因此Castle與母親談到他對Beckett的感情，是否該說出口很猶豫，對話中有一句話讓我印象深刻"Nobody's tomorrows are guaranteed."，看中文翻譯為"天有不測風雲"，翻得真的很貼切，很符合整個背景情境，很簡單的一句話，道出了對於未來的不確定性，也是很實用的一句話，讓我再次體會到英文用詞的絕妙之處。順便推一下，Castle這部影集很好看，如果喜歡美劇的話，可以看看這部喔!

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英文成語run rings around

Idiom: run rings(circles) around (做某事比某人好得多)


meaning:   If you run rings(circles) around someone, you do something much better than they do. 

For example:

• The Democrat candidate ran rings around the Republican candidate in their debate on the economy.  民主黨候選人在經濟方面的辯論表現得比共和黨候選人好。

Reference: Englishclub.com

英文成語in deep water

Idiom: in deep water (陷入困境)


Meaning: If you're in deep water, you're in some sort of trouble or in a difficult situation.

For example:

• The company's in deep water now that the tax inspectors have decided to check over the accounts. ( 這家公司已陷入困境，而稅務稽查員已經決定檢查公司帳戶。)
• It was easy at first, but we're in deep water now. ( 起先很容易，但現在我們陷入困境。)

Reference: Englishclub.com  Yahoo奇摩字典

英文成語call it a day

Idiom: call it a day (今天到此為止；結束一天的工作---非正式用法)

Meaning: If you call it a day, you stop doing something that's usually related to work.

For example:

• We couldn't do any more work because of the rain, so we called it a day and went home. 因為下雨我們無法再做任何工作，所以就到此結束回家去了。
• I'm tired. Let's call it a day. 我累了。今天就到此結束吧! 

Reference: Englishclub.com   Yahoo奇摩字典

英文成語add fuel to the fire

Idiom: add fuel to the fire (or flames) (火上加油)


Meaning: If you add fuel to the fire, you do something to make a bad situation even worse.

For example:

• People are already unhappy, and if the government allows oil prices to increase it'll just be adding fuel to the fire. (人們已經很不快樂了，而假如政府還允許油價上漲那將是火上加油。)
  
• If Billy's angry, don't say anything. You'll just be adding fuel to the fire. (如果Billy生氣了，不要再說任何事。你將只會火上加油。)

Reference: Englishclub.com

英文成語bark up the wrong tree

Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (找錯對象了)


meaning: Making a mistake or a false assumption in something you are trying to achieve.


For example:

• The police think the drugs are being brought in by that boy, but they're barking up the wrong tree. 警方以為毒品是那個男孩帶進來的，但是他們搞錯對象了。

• She's barking up the wrong tree if she's interested in Sam. Doesn't she know he's married?.如果她對Sam有興趣那她找錯對了吧。她不知道他已經結婚了嗎?

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英文成語nothing to write home about

Idiom: nothing to write home about(不值得大書特書的事; 並非重要之事)


meaning: If you say something is nothing to write home about, you mean it isn't very important or it isn't very good.

For example:

• We saw a movie today and it was nothing to write home about. It was just a typical action movie.我們今天看了一部電影而這部電影並不值得特別一提。不過是部典型的動作片。

• Helen said her date with the guy she met online was nothing to write home about, and she probably wouldn't see him again.海倫說她與網友約會沒什麼好說的，而且她也可能不會再見他一面。

• This is nothing to write home about. 這並非什麼了不起的事。

Reference: Englishclub.com  Yahoo奇摩字典

英文成語yellow-bellied

yellow-bellied

懦弱的,膽小的

Meaning: If someone is yellow-bellied, they are not brave, or they are cowardly.

For example:

• Tony's father called him yellow-bellied when he was a five-year-old boy because he didn't want to ride a horse. Tony has never forgotten it.
• The whole country behaved like yellow-bellied cowards when they let a small group of cheats steal the national election.

Reference: Englishclub.com

英文成語Idiom of the day---give the green light

Idiom: give the green light (獲得許可)

Meaning: If you give something the green light, you give permission for it to be done, or allow it to happen.

For example:

• The government has given the green light to our tree-planting project, so we can go ahead and start organizing things.
• As soon as our CEO gives the new product the green light, we'll start planning production. 

Reference: Englishclub.com