英语博客-北美风情 215、Never look a gift horse in the mouth
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客-北美风情
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You can’t always get what you want, but you should appreciate what is given to you. This episode 1 is about accepting what people give you and not being critical, even if it is not exactly what you wanted. We have some very old expressions in English to remind people to be grateful, like never look a gift horse in the mouth. But nowadays, with gift receipts 2, do you think this proverbs still holds true?
Maura:So at that time, when a person looked their gift horse in the mouth, they were checking it to see if it was a good gift. And that’s not really a nice thing to do. You know, imagine you give someone a gift and they’re just evaluating it to see if it’s a very good gift. That’s not really nice.
Harp:Yeah. They’re trying to see how expensive it is or if there’s a price tag 3 on it.
Maura:Yeah. Nowadays, it would be like giving someone a shirt and that person would then try to check the name brand to see if it was really expensive or not.
Harp:Yeah. It’s just not very polite. You should appreciate the gift that you’re given.
Maura:I agree. So, let’s give an example with this proverb, to never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Harp:OK.
n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一
- The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
- This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。
（企业、银行等）收到的款，进款； 收到( receipt的名词复数 )； 收入； 收据； 收条
- Cash income is calculated by subtracting total trading income from total receipts. 现金收入是从总收入中减去总贸易收入来计算的。
- The receipts have increased since last year. 自去年起收入已增加。