时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:美国俚语


英语课

   虽然我苦口婆心、费尽唇舌劝朋友戒烟还给他提供不同的方法和知道,但他始终戒不了,依然是烟不离手。他说他已有11年历史了,是个老烟民,没法摆脱抽烟的习惯。


  好友Carmen安慰我说:“Don't waste your time and breath. It's not worth casting pearls before swine(猪猡)!”我听了不禁大笑起来,因为想不到她会形容那人为“猪猡”。
  见我大笑,Carmen向我解释,她并没有挖苦或贬低那人的意思,而“cast pearls before swine”是句英文成语,与中文成语“对牛弹琴”含义相同。







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actual neutrality
aether
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artmaking
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atlafilcon
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