加载中…Catherine：Can you believe how much weight Lisa has gained？
凱特琳：妳能相信麗莎胖那么多嗎？
Carly：That’s not nice.
卡莉：這樣說別人不大好吧。
Catherine：It’s true. She’s always eating.
凱特琳：是真的。她老是吃個不停。
Carly：Well,that’s the pot calling the kettle black.
卡莉：呃，別五十步笑百步了。
Catherine：What’s that supposed to mean？
凱特琳：妳是什么意思？
Carly：Let me just put it this way; you’re not exactly thin yourself.
卡莉：我這樣說好了，妳自己其實也不瘦。
Catherine：It’s my clothes. They must have shrunk in the dryer.
凱特琳：是衣服的關係啦。它們一定是在烘衣機裡縮水了。
Carly：If you say so.
卡莉：隨你怎么說嘍。
[多學一點點] 五十步笑百步
pot指“鍋子”，kettle是“水壺”。煮飯的鍋和燒開水的壺都會被爐火燒得焦黑，所以鍋子沒資格笑水壺黑，兩者不過是半斤八兩。
a watched pot never boils 急不得
watched 是指“被盯著的”，boil 指“水煮開”。“a watched pot never boils”字面的意思是“眼睛盯著看的壺煮不開”，指愈心急，等的時間就特別長，也就是“急不得”、“欲速則不達”的意思。
例：A watched pot never boils. It will probably take 30 minutes to get to the next stop.（急也沒用。到下一站大概還要30分鐘。）
go to pot 每況愈下
例：That doesn’t help at all. Your health is going to pot.（妳這樣一點幫助也沒有。妳的健康正每況愈下。）
be supposed to 應該……
例：You’re not supposed to ask her out. She is your boss’s girlfriend.（你不該約她出去。她是你老闆的女朋友。）
let me put it this way 我這樣說好了
例：Let me put it this way. I think we need to polish up our
skills.（我這樣說好了。我覺得我們需要再磨練一下技巧。）
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