美國人的一天 第23課:去登山 諺語與慣用語
faith will Move mountains
精誠所至,金石爲開Don't feel discouraged. Try again. Your faith will move the mountains.
不要氣餒,再試一次。你將會精誠所至,金石爲開。the mountain.
山不轉自轉。
You have a fight with your girlfriend? lf your girlfriend doesn't call you, you need to call her first. lf a mountain w…not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go'to the mountain.
你和女朋友吵架啦?如果你女朋友不打電話給你,你就要先打給她。你要山不轉自轉。make a mountain out of molehill
小題大作lt's not a big deal. Don't make a mountain out of moleh…,
那沒什麼,別小題大作。a mountain to climb
很難的事Classifying the mountain-high garbage is a mountain to climb.
把像一座山那麼高的垃圾分類是很難的事。Money does not grow On the tree.
賺錢不容易。“MOm,Can I have a computer?” “We Can't afford that,you y does not groW On the tree.”
“媽,我可以買計算機嗎?”“你知道的,我們負擔不起。賺錢不容易。”the top of the tree 爬到頂端;成功
Nobody would have guessed that Catherine COUId get tO the top of the tree before her taIented brother.沒有人想到凱瑟琳比她聰明的弟弟先爬到樹的頂端。