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第167讲:out the window; out of this wo

时间:2022-02-06 18:06:17 生活口语 我要投稿

第167讲:out the window; out of this world

我们已经给大家介绍过两个由out这个字组成的习惯用语。他们是:Out of the woods和out of the picture。Out of the woods 是渡过了难关;out of the picture是某人不再参与。今天我们再来给大家讲解两个和out这个字有关的习惯用语。第一个是:Out the window。

Window就是窗子。你一看到out the window这几个字可能马上会理解为:在窗户外面。但是,作为习惯用语,out the window的意思是突然失去了、或者是浪费了某样东西。我们可以突然失去钱财。要是一个人运气不好,他的辛勤劳动也可能白费,就像下面这个例子里说的一样:

"My husband and I saved for ten years to open our own restaurant. And we worked six months to get it ready. Then the day after we opened, we had a big fire and all our money and hard work went out the window."

这个人真算是倒了霉。她说:“我丈夫和我为了自己开餐馆攒钱攒了十年。我们还花了半年的时间准备开张。可是,饭馆开张的第二天,饭馆起了一场大火。我们所有的钱和辛勤的劳动全部完了。”

实际上,美国一般的住家和商店都有保险,不仅房子有保险,而且里面的东西也都按它们的价值去买保险,因此,万一遇到了灾难不至于倾家荡产。要是上面讲的那家饭馆由于刚开张而没来得及保险,那可真是太不幸了。

我们再来把这句话用慢速度念一遍:

"My husband and I saved for ten years to open our own restaurant. And we worked six months to get it ready. Then the day after we opened, we had a big fire and all our money and hard work went out the window."

下面是一个人为了举行一个聚会做了好多准备工作,可是,客人最后没有来,因此他很生气。他说:

"I've spent all weekend getting ready for my party -- shopping, cleaning and cooking. But my guests called at the last minute to say they couldn't come. Well, all my efforts went out the window. Let me tell you, I won't invite them again."

这个人说:“为了这个聚会,我花了整个周末做准备 -- 买菜,打扫,做菜。可是,我请的客人到最后一分钟打电话来,说他们来不了了。我真是白费工夫。我告诉你,我下次再也不请他们了。”

美国人要请客一般都要在一、两个星期前告诉被邀请的人聚会的地点和时间,你还请了些什么客人。对方要是接受了邀请,最好不要随便改变主意,即便发生意外的事,使你参加不了聚会的话,也最好在几天前通知东道主。因为一般人可能在前几天就开始采购和做准备,临时告诉主人不去参加聚会是很不礼貌的。

我们再把上面这句话慢慢地念一遍:

"I've spent all weekend getting ready for my party -- shopping, cleaning and cooking. But my guests called at the last minute to say they couldn't come. Well, all my efforts went out the window. Let me tell you, I won't invite them again."

下面我们要给大家介绍的一个和out有关的常用语