情人眼裏出西施:看看常用語的地道表達
1.情人眼裏出西施。
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder表示“情人眼裏出西施”，其中beholder意爲“目睹者”。
例：-It's beyond me that Mary would like to marry James. There is an ugly scar on his face.我真想不到瑪麗竟然會想嫁給詹姆斯。他臉上有道難看的疤。
-Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Don't be so shallow.情人眼裏出西施。你不要這麼膚淺。
2.這是有史以來最好的事情。
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大家是不是想到了This is the best thing in the history呢？更地道的表達其實是This is the best thing since sliced bread，這裏的sliced bread指“切片面包”。
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1928年，美國開始銷售切片面包機，極大地方便了人們的生活。麪包是西方人的大愛，他們常會閉上眼睛，一邊咽口水一邊想：世界上還有比剛出爐的切片面包更好的東西嗎？the best thing since sliced bread就引申爲“有史以來最好的事情”。
3.天下沒有免費的午餐。
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當別人在爲一點兒小便宜而高興時，你就可以告訴他：There is no such thing as a free lunch.
例：-I hear bread is free now in that supermarket. Let's go and get some!我聽說那個超市的麪包現在免費，咱們快去拿點兒！
-There is no such thing as a free lunch. It's just a trick.天下沒有免費的午餐。這只是一個伎倆罷了。
4.你真走運！
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大家一定想到了You are very lucky，然而更地道的說法則是：God is shining on you.
例：-You know what, I just won a lottery prize.你知道嗎？我剛買彩票中獎了。
-Oh， God is shining on you!天哪，你太幸運了！
5.熟能生巧。
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這句話可以說成Practice makes perfect.
例：-My oral English is so poor that I'm nervous when talking with foreigners.我英語口語太差了，所以跟外國人談話時會緊張。
-Practice makes perfect. Just keep on going.熟能生巧。只需多加練習就好。
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鼓勵別人要不斷地嘗試和努力時，美國人也常說If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
6.這就像是先有雞還是先有蛋的問題。
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這句話用英語表示就是It's a matter of the chicken or the egg或It's a chicken and egg problem.
