讓地道習語爲口語加分

Cut from the same cloth

Definition: This is a phrase which means to be very similar. This expression refers to two things which are made from the same piece of cloth or material. They will be undoubtedly be very similar. The phrase also means to have the same characteristics.

這個短語用來指非常相似。指兩個物品來自同一塊布或者是原材料。毫無疑問他們會非常相像。這個短語也指擁有同樣的特性。

Example:

Those two are cut from the same cloth; neither is very honest.

兩個人是一路貨色，沒有一個誠實的。

These new songs are clearly cut from the same cloth as the band's earlier tunes.

這些新歌明顯和樂隊早期的曲調一樣。

His trick in cut from the same cloth as yours.

他的這套把戲與你的手段是一路貨色。

Bite the bullet

Definition: This is a phrase which means to endure pain. This expression originated from battlefields. Prior to anesthetics, soldiers were given a bullet to bite with their teeth to help them endure pain after injury or before an operation.

這個短語指忍受痛苦。來源於戰場。在麻醉藥尚未出現的年代，戰士們咬住子彈來忍受負傷或手術帶來的疼痛。

Example:

It’s time to bite the bullet and admit that you did wrong.

是你該硬着頭皮承認錯誤的時候了。

 The manager ordered the employees to bite the bullet to the crisis.

經理命令員工咬緊牙關頂住這場危機。

start from the scratch

Definition:This is a phrase which means from the beginning or expression derived from the line scratched or dawn in the ground that people used as the starting line of a phrase also means starting from raw ingredients.

這個短語指從頭開始或從零開始。來源於比賽中的起跑線或起點。

Example:

My sister baked a cake from scratch line for my birthday;she didn't use any of thoses pre-mixed ingredients.

我姐姐爲我做了一個原味蛋糕，她沒有添加任何複合調味料。

Failure couldn't make me fear,so I decided to start from scratch.

我不畏懼失敗，決定從頭再來。

Pilgrims started from scratch when they came to America.

清教徒們來美國時,白手起家。

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