迷你對話學地道口語第106期:榨乾血汗

迷你對話：

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A:John's boss is really an evil man.

約翰的老闆真是壞透了。

B:What do you mean?

為什麼這樣說？

A:He dismissed John afterbleeding him white. He has worked for him for more than twenty years.

他榨乾了約翰的血汗就把他開除了。約翰已經為他工作二十多年了。

地道表達：

bleed someone white：榨乾血汗

解詞釋義：

bleed是“使......流血”，改習語的意思為“使某人的血流乾”，引申為“榨乾血汗”。

支援範例：

Eg. They are trying to Bleed you white.

他們是在設法榨乾你身上所有的錢 。

Eg. The tax man is trying to bleed me white.

稅務員正想榨盡我的血汗。

詞海拾貝：

1.an evil man：惡棍

2. work for：為......效力

Eg. A king in ancient times had many slaves to work for him.

古代的國王有很多奴隸給他幹活。

Eg. I prize my independence too much to go and work for them.

決不願意喪失自己的獨立性去為他們效勞.

Eg. I want to work for the good of mankind.

我要為全人類的利益而工作。

Eg. He's so overbearing that no one wants to work for him.

他那麼專橫, 沒人願為他工作。

3.more than：超過，多於

Eg. It never takes more than an hour.

所用的時間從不超過一小時.

Eg. He is little more than a boy in worldly experience.

他涉世不深, 簡直還是一個孩子。