點滴英語天天學第178期:雅思詞彙(17)
1.表述：mad money
釋義： A small sum of cash carried by a woman to pay for the fare home in the event of her quarreling with and separating from her date or escort. （女子赴約時自備的急用的零錢）
例句：My mother taught me to always have a bit of mad money on me when I go on dates, just in case things turn sour at the end of the evening.
我母親教我每次去約會的時候都要帶一些應急現金，萬一在晚上結束時事情變糟。
2. 表述：shoot the bull
釋義：To chat or converse aimlessly or casually. （閒聊）
例句：Customers always want to shoot the bull with me in the store before they buy something.
顧客們在買東西之前總要和我閒聊一番。
I just shot the bull with John for a while when he passed me on the street.
約翰在街上從我身邊經過時，我和他聊了一會兒。
A: Our professor is talking about her experience as CEP again in class.
我們的教書歐上課時候又說她從前當總裁的經歷了。
B: This woman has nothing to do. She loves to shoot the bull.
這女人沒什麼可說的了，只能閒聊。
3. 表述：buy the farm
釋義：To die.（死亡，遇害）
例句：——Did you hear that old Walt bought the farm? ——Yeah, He got to spend 92 years on this earth.
——你聽說老沃爾特去世了嗎? ——他活了92年。
I'll pass through this illness as I'm too young to buy the farm.
我要熬過這場病，因爲我太年輕了，不能死去。
He lived for a few hours after his collapse, but then he bought the farm.
他在崩潰後活了幾個小時，但後來就死去了。
