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Bridging Cultures: Essential English Proverbs for Chinese Learners 跨越文化：中文学习者必备的英文谚语
- 4. 1 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Bridging Cultures: Essential English Proverbs for Chinese Learners 䐞䏀ᮽौφѣᮽᆜҖ㘻ᗻ༽Ⲻ㤧ᮽ䉐䈣 Contents Preface to Thematic English Vocabulary and Reading Material Series .............................................................19 About the Author:............................................................................................................................................... 21 Our Story ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 David’s Video Courses in Udemy: .....................................................................................................................24 David Yao Amazon Kindle Author Central page ...............................................................................................25 Books by David YAO at Apple Book Store:......................................................................................................26 Thematic Language Learning: An Integrated Approach to Mastery ..................................................................27 Core Principles of Thematic Language Learning...........................................................................................27 1. Interdisciplinary Connections:................................................................................................................27 2. Student-Centered Themes:......................................................................................................................27 3. Essential Questions:................................................................................................................................ 28 Implementing Thematic Language Learning .................................................................................................28 1. Choosing and Researching Themes:.......................................................................................................28 2. Designing Instructional Units: ................................................................................................................28 3. Integrating Diverse Resources:...............................................................................................................29 Advantages of Thematic Language Learning.................................................................................................29 1. Holistic Understanding: .......................................................................................................................... 29 2. Real-Life Relevance: .............................................................................................................................. 29 3. Active Participation and Cooperative Learning:.....................................................................................29 4. Teacher as Facilitator:............................................................................................................................. 30 Contents Preface to Thematic English Vocabulary and nd nd nd d Reading M M M M M Materia a a al l l l l Series .. . . ............................................................19 About the Author:.................................... . ................... . .......................................................................................... 21 Our Story .............................................................................................. . . ............................................................... 23 David’s Video Courses in Udemy: ..... ....................... . .. . .......................... . ....... . . ..........................................................24 David Yao Amazon Kindle Author Cen n n n ntral page .......... ... .. . .. . . . . .. ...................... .. .. . . . ...........................................................25 Books by David YAO at Apple Book Store re e e: : : :.. . .......................... .. .. ............................................................................26 Thematic Language Learning: An Integrated Approach to Mastery ..................................................................27 Core Principles of Thematic Language Learning...........................................................................................27 1. Interdisciplinary Connections:................................................................................................................27 2. Student-Ce Ce Ce e ent nt nt nt ntered ed ed d d d d d The he h heme m m m m m s: s s: : :.. . ... . .. . . . ......... .. . .. .. .. .. .... .. . .... . . .. . . ... . .. . . . .. .. . . ... . . . .. .... . .. .. . ... . . .. . ...... .. . . ... . . ... .. .. .... .. .. .. . . . .... . . .. . . . .. . .. . ... . ..... . . ... .. .. .. .. ... . .. . ..... . . . . ... . . ... . ... .. .... . ....... .. . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . .... . .. . . .. . ... . .. .. ... .. .. . . . .. . .. . . ................27 3. Essential Q Q Questions:................................................................................................................................ 28 Implementing g T T T T T T The h h h h h h ma ma ma m m m ti ti t ti ic c c c La L L Lang ng ng n n n ua ua ua a ua u u u ge ge ge ge e L L L L Lea ea ea a a a arn r r in in n ng g g g g ........ . . ... ... .. . .. . . ... .. . . . .. . . ... . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . ... ... . .. .. .. . .... .. . . . ... .. . ... . . . ... .. . . . .. .. . ... . . .. . . . . ... . . . ... .. ... . ... .. .. .... .. ... .. . .......................................28 1. Choosing and Researching Themes:.......................................................................................................28
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A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................... 30 Proverb, Saying and Idiom ................................................................................................................................. 31 Saying............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Proverb........................................................................................................................................................... 31 Idiom .............................................................................................................................................................. 32 Comparison .................................................................................................................................................... 33 Literal vs. Figurative:.................................................................................................................................. 33 Origin:......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Usage: ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 English Proverb 㤧䈣⸣䈣.................................................................................................................................. 34 Bridging Cultures: Essential English Proverbs for Chinese Learners............................................................34 Talk to the hand 䐕ᢁ䈪䈓 .........................................................................................................................34 To bite the hand that feeds you ሼӽᣛȽᘎ䍕ѿ ..............................................................................36 To bite someone's hand off 䘡уᖻ൦Ƚ∡у⣯䊡൦ㆊᓊ ....................................................................36 Dance to the beat of one's own drum ᡇ㺂ᡇ㍖.........................................................................................36 Nine-to-five ᵓғᲐӊ................................................................................................................................ 37 Learn something by heart ⢘䇦ӄᗹ...........................................................................................................38 Pull an all-nighter ᔶདྷ䖜........................................................................................................................... 39 Push yourself シ㠠ᡇ.............................................................................................................................. 39 Cram for 㘹ࢃᣧ֑㝐................................................................................................................................. 40 Work out 䭱⛲䓡։ .................................................................................................................................... 41 Call a spade a spade ᇔ䈓ᇔ䈪 ...................................................................................................................42 Square the circle ڐуਥ㜳ⲺӁ.............................................................................................................42 A chequered past ླඅ৸ঀⲺ䗽ৱ............................................................................................................43 Want for nothing 㾷ӶѾᴿӶѾ................................................................................................................44 Eye-opener 䇟Ӱཝᔶ⮂ⲺӁ⢟ .............................................................................................................44 Fight like cat and dog ҿ੫уՇ.................................................................................................................45 Crisis averted ধᵰᐨ䀙䲚 .........................................................................................................................46 A fair-weather friend 䞈㚿ᵁਁ..................................................................................................................46 Live in clover ޱቀ༺Վ............................................................................................................................. 47 The pot calling the kettle black ӊॷ↛ㅇⲴ↛, ঀᯚޡњ ........................................................................48 Usage: ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 English Proverb 㤧䈣⸣䈣.................................................................................................................................. 34 Bridging Cultures: Essential English Proverbs for r r r r C C C Ch C C inese Le Le Le Le Le e L ar a a arners.... . .........................................................34 Talk to the hand 䐕ᢁ䈪䈓 ....................... ................. .. ............ ............... .. . ....................................................... 34 To bite the hand that feeds you ሼӽᣛ ӽᣛ ӽᣛ ӽᣛ ӽᣛȽᘎ䍕 䍕 䍕 䍕ѿ .... .............. . ..............................................................36 To bite someone's hand off 䘡уᖻ ᖻ ᖻ ᖻ ᖻ ᖻ൦Ƚ∡у у у у у⣯䊡 ⣯䊡 ⣯䊡൦ㆊ ൦ㆊ ൦ㆊ ൦ ൦ㆊᓊ ᓊ ᓊ ᓊ .. .. .... .. .... .. . .... . . ............................................................36 Dance to the beat of one's own dru u u ru rum ᡇ㺂ᡇ㍖.......................... . ................................................................36 Nine-to-five ᵓғᲐӊ................ ....................... . ........................... ........ . .. . ........................................................ 37 Learn something by heart ⢘䇦ӄᗹ ӄᗹ ӄᗹ ӄᗹ ᗹ...................... ... .. . .. . . . . .. ...................... .. .. . ...........................................................38 Pull an all-nighter ᔶདྷ䖜.................... . ... . ............................ .. . .......................................................................... 39 Push yourself シ㠠ᡇ.............................................................................................................................. 39 Cram for 㘹ࢃᣧ֑㝐................................................................................................................................. 40 Work out 䭱⛲䓡։ .................................................................................................................................... 41 Call a spade e a a a a a s s s s s spa pa pade de de e de e d de ᇔ䈓 ᇔ䈓 ᇔ䈓 ᇔ䈓 䈓 䈓ᇔ䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 .......... . ... . . ... .. .. .. . . .... .. . . .... .. . .... .. . . .. . . . .. .. .. . .. . ... . . . . . . .. . . . .... . . ... . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . . ... . ... . .... .. .. . . .. . . ... . .. . . ... . ..... . .. . . . .. . . . .. .. ... . .. . . .... . . . .. .. .. . . . .. .. . .. .. . .. ... .. ... .. .. . ... .. .. . . .. . . . . . .................42 Square the circle ڐуਥ㜳ⲺӁ .......... . . ...................................................................................................42 A chequered d d d d pa p p p p p st t t t ླඅ ླඅ ླඅ ླ ླඅ අ අ৸ঀ ঀ ঀ ৸ঀ ঀ ঀⲺ䗽 Ⲻ䗽 Ⲻ䗽 Ⲻ Ⲻ䗽 䗽 Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ ৱ ৱ ৱ ৱ ৱ............................................................................................................43 Want for nothing 㾷ӶѾᴿӶѾ................................................................................................................44
- 6. 3 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Train your sights on something ᘍڐ......................................................................................................49 set your sights on something: ߩᗹ;ᘍ....................................................................................................49 Be streets ahead 䚛䚛亼ݾ..........................................................................................................................49 Over-egg the pudding ⭱㳽䏩 ................................................................................................................50 The life and soul of the party ⚫典Ӱ⢟ .....................................................................................................51 The third degree ћিⴎ䰤.........................................................................................................................51 Knuckle down ᔶခ࣑࣠ᐛ֒ȽᆜҖ ........................................................................................................52 Be in the hot seat ༺ູቪቢθ༺ӄദູ....................................................................................................52 Blow hot and cold ᘳ߭ᘳ✣θ᩼уᇐ ..................................................................................................53 Lock horns ҿ䇰уՇ ................................................................................................................................. 53 Talk of the devil 䈪ᴯᬃθᴯᬃቧࡦ.........................................................................................................54 Rain on your parade ⌲߭≪.......................................................................................................................55 When reality bites ᖉ⧦ᇔ㔏Ҽ֖жᐪᧂⲺᰬُ ......................................................................................55 The sands of time ᰬ䰪Ⲻ⍷⋏...................................................................................................................56 Away with the fairies ᗹу൞✿Ƚу࠽ᇔ䱻 .............................................................................................56 Rose-tinted spectacles 䗽ӄ҆㿸Ⲻᘷᓜ....................................................................................................58 Too hot to handle 䗽ӄἎᢁθ䳴ԛᧂ ...................................................................................................59 Place in the sun ླູ䙽 .............................................................................................................................. 59 To swim upstream 䘼⍷㙂р......................................................................................................................60 Catch the sun ⳤ㛚㻡ᲈ唇..........................................................................................................................61 Walking on sunshine ު儎䟽⛾θу㠠㜒..............................................................................................61 Indian Summer 、㘷㲄............................................................................................................................... 62 Skin and bones ⳤऻ僞ཪ 僞ⱜྸḪ ..........................................................................................................62 Brain food ڛ㝇伕 .................................................................................................................................. 63 To have no appetite for something ሯӁ⢟ж⛯䜳уު䏙.....................................................................64 Fall from grace ཧৱӰᗹ........................................................................................................................... 64 A narrow escape כᒮ䘹㝧, ↱䠂䘹⭕.......................................................................................................65 To fall on deaf ears 㖤㤛㖊䰱 ....................................................................................................................65 Someone likes the sound of their own voice ԛ㠠ᡇѰѣᗹθ┊┊у㔓..................................................66 Have seen better days Ԁ䶔∊ ݿᖟу߃................................................................................................67 To tick all the boxes ┗䏩ᡶᴿⲺ㾷≸ ㅜਾᡶᴿⲺḽ ..........................................................................67 Be in the hot seat ༺ູቪቢθ༺ӄദູ....................................................................................................52 Blow hot and cold ᘳ߭ᘳ✣θ᩼уᇐ ..................................................................................................53 Lock horns ҿ䇰уՇ ............................................. .. . .. . ........................ .. . .. . ......................................................... 53 Talk of the devil 䈪ᴯᬃθᴯᬃቧࡦ........... ................ ......................... ........................................................54 Rain on your parade ⌲߭≪.................. ................. . .............. .. . ............. . ...........................................................55 When reality bites ᖉ⧦ᇔ㔏Ҽ֖жᐪ ᐪ ᐪ жᐪ ᐪᧂⲺᰬُ ُ ُ ُ ُ ......... ........ .. .. .. ......................................................................55 The sands of time ᰬ䰪Ⲻ⍷⋏..... . .. . . ................................................. . .. . ...........................................................56 Away with the fairies ᗹу൞✿Ƚ Ƚ Ƚу Ƚ ࠽ᇔ䱻 ........................ . ... . .......... . .. ...........................................................56 Rose-tinted spectacles 䗽ӄ҆㿸Ⲻᘷ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ ᓜ.......... ... ................. .. .. ................ . . ...........................................................58 Too hot to handle 䗽ӄἎᢁθ䳴ԛᧂ ԛᧂ ԛᧂ ԛᧂ ᧂ ................................ .. .. . . .................................................................59 Place in the sun ླູ䙽 .............................................................................................................................. 59 To swim upstream 䘼⍷㙂р......................................................................................................................60 Catch the sun ⳤ㛚㻡ᲈ唇.......................................................................................................................... 61 Walking on sunshine ު儎䟽⛾θу㠠㜒..............................................................................................61 Indian Summe me me e e er 、㘷 、㘷 、㘷 㘷 㘷㲄 㲄 㲄 㲄 㲄 㲄.......... ..................... . ... .. .. . ................................................................... . ............................. 62 Skin and bon on on n nes es es es e e es ⳤऻ ⳤऻ ⳤऻ ⳤऻ ऻ ⳤऻ ऻ ⳤ 僞ཪ 僞ཪ 僞ཪ 僞ཪ ཪ 僞ཪ ཪ ཪ 僞ⱜ ⱜ ⱜ ⱜ ⱜ ⱜྸḪ ྸḪ ྸḪ Ḫ Ḫ Ḫ Ḫ Ḫ ...... .. ... .......... . ... . . ... .. .. ... .. . .... .. .. .... . . . . . .... . .. .. ... .. .... . . . . .... . .... . . .. . . ... . . ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. . .... . . ..... . .. . .. . . .. ..... . . . . ........................................62 Brain food ڛ㝇伕 .................................................................................................................................. 63
- 7. 4 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Keep your wits about you! ؓᤷཪ㝇䟈, 䳅ᵰᓊ...............................................................................68 Fall by the wayside ঀ䙊㙂ᓕ ....................................................................................................................69 Name and shame ⛯䇺........................................................................................................................69 A chip off the old block ㆶᱥжѠ⁗ᆆ䠂ࡱ࠰ᶛⲺ .............................................................................70 Food for thought “㋴⾔伕㋤”, ᕋӰᙓ...................................................................................................70 The upper hand খᦤр伄 ..........................................................................................................................71 To fight fire with fire ԛ⢏䘎⢏ .................................................................................................................71 Tit for tat ԛ⢏䘎⢏θ䪾䭁ሯ ................................................................................................................72 An eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) ԛ䘎θԛ⢏䘎⢏ ...........................................................72 Beat sb at their own game ԛެӰҁ䚉䘎⋱ެӰҁ䓡 ..............................................................................72 Give sb a dose/taste of their own medicine ሯδḆӰεԛ⢏䘎⢏............................................................73 To steady yourself ᣀᨗ㢸྅ どօ㠠ᐧ.....................................................................................................73 Business as usual ж࠽➝ᰝ........................................................................................................................74 Flesh and blood 㹶㚿ҁӨ.......................................................................................................................... 74 Mix business with pleasure ሉӄ҆........................................................................................................75 As safe as houses 䶔ᑮᆿޞ .......................................................................................................................75 Get down to business 䀶ᖈ↙Ֆ .................................................................................................................76 To touch a raw nerve 䀜Ⱁ༺..................................................................................................................76 To get your foot in the door 䑅ޛ㚂൰Ⲻཝ䰞 ...........................................................................................77 To be footloose and fancy-free 㠠⭧㠠൞ ᰖᤎᰖᶕ .................................................................................78 To jump ship ᔹ㡯ݾ䘹=䐩″....................................................................................................................78 Somebody's hands are tied ᰖ㜳Ѱ࣑.........................................................................................................79 To tickle your taste buds ࡰ◶֖Ⲻ㮴....................................................................................................80 To pull your finger out ࣖᣀࣨ...................................................................................................................80 To have the Midas touch ᤛᴿ“⛯⸩ᡆ䠇”Ⲻ䎐䫧ᵢ亼 ............................................................................81 A pipe dream ⲳᰛỜ.................................................................................................................................. 81 A clean bill of health 䓡։ڛᓭ䇷᱄/ޢਮ䘆㩛ਾṲ䇷᱄.........................................................................82 A change is as good as a rest 䈹ᦘᐛ֒ⴀྸՇᚥ......................................................................................83 To catch someone off guard ԚӰ⥓у䱨...............................................................................................83 Yes-man ળᱥԄⲺӰχླླ⭕ݾ .........................................................................................................84 To come down to the wire ࡦᴶжࡱᢃ㿷࠼..................................................................................85 Tit for tat ԛ⢏䘎⢏θ䪾䭁ሯ ................................................................................................................72 An eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) ԛ䘎θԛ⢏䘎⢏ ...........................................................72 Beat sb at their own game ԛެӰҁ䚉䘎⋱ެӰҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡 .................... . . ...........................................................72 Give sb a dose/taste of their own medicine ሯδ ሯδ ሯδ ሯδ ሯ ḆӰεԛ ε εԛ ԛ εԛ⢏ ⢏ ⢏䘎 ⢏ ⢏ ⢏..... ........................................................73 To steady yourself ᣀᨗ㢸྅ どօ㠠ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ................ . . . .............. .. . ............. . ...........................................................73 Business as usual ж࠽➝ᰝ................ . ................ . ........... ........ .. .. .. .....................................................................74 Flesh and blood 㹶㚿ҁӨ............ . . . ................................................... . . ............................................................. 74 Mix business with pleasure ሉӄ ӄ ӄ҆ ӄ ................................... . .. ........... . . ... . . ........................................................75 As safe as houses 䶔ᑮᆿޞ ........ . . ...................... .... . .............. . . .. . .. . ............. . .. . .........................................................75 Get down to business 䀶ᖈ↙Ֆ ...... . ......................................... .. .. . . .................................................................76 To touch a raw nerve 䀜Ⱁ༺..................................................................................................................76 To get your foot in the door 䑅ޛ㚂൰Ⲻཝ䰞 ...........................................................................................77 To be footloose and fancy-free 㠠⭧㠠൞ ᰖᤎᰖᶕ .................................................................................78 To jump ship ᔹ㡯ݾ䘹=䐩″....................................................................................................................78 Somebody's s h h h h h han a a a a ds ds ds a a a are r re r t t t tie e ie e ie ie e i d d d d d d d d ᰖ㜳 ᰖ㜳 ᰖ㜳 ᰖ㜳 㜳 㜳 ᰖ㜳 ᰖ㜳Ѱ࣑ ࣑ ࣑ ࣑ ࣑ ࣑ ࣑........ . ... .. .. . ................................................................... . .... . .........................79 To tickle yo o o our ur ur ur r ur r t t t taste te te te t t b b bud d d d ds s s s s ࡰ◶ ࡰ◶ ࡰ◶ ࡰ◶ ࡰ ࡰ ࡰ◶֖Ⲻ ֖Ⲻ ֖Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ ֖Ⲻ㮴 㮴 㮴 㮴 㮴 㮴 㮴.. ......... . ... . . ... .. .. ... .. . .... .. .. .... . . . . . .... . .. .. ... .. ... . . . . .... . .... . . .. . . ... . . ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. . .... . . ..... . .. . .. . . .. ..... . . . . ........................................80 To pull your finger out ࣖᣀࣨ...................................................................................................................80
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A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Cutthroat ㄔҿ◶⛾ .................................................................................................................................... 85 To cut corners 㢸㓜ᡆᵢ, 䎦ᖺ ..............................................................................................................86 Corner the market යᯣᐸ൰ ......................................................................................................................87 To stay ahead of the curve খᗍݾᵰθؓᤷ亼ݾ .....................................................................................87 To have bandwidth ޭ༽ڐḆӁⲺ㜳࣑.....................................................................................................88 To pass the buck ᧞ম䍙Ա.........................................................................................................................88 To lose one's touch ཧৱڐḆӁⲺ㜳࣑.....................................................................................................89 To foot the bill Ҧঋ ................................................................................................................................... 90 To go weak at the knees ⅘ᗍ㞵ਇ䖥.....................................................................................................90 The one ળѣ⌞ᇐⲺਜжঀ.......................................................................................................................91 No strings attached ᰖ䱺ࣖᶗԬθᰖ䱺ᑜ䲆.........................................................................................91 To burn the midnight oil ᔶདྷ䖜 ................................................................................................................92 To flex one's muscles ᱴ⽰ᇔ࣑θᱴ⽰࣑䠅.............................................................................................92 To beef something up ࣖᕰݻᇔ ᭯ᨆ儎................................................................................................93 To eat your words ᢵ䇚㠠ᐧ䈪䭏Ҽ䈓 ......................................................................................................94 To offer an olive branch ծ࠰⁺Ὰᷓѱࣞૂ䀙.........................................................................................94 To bury the hatchet 䀶ᖈӄླ ....................................................................................................................95 Up-and-coming ࢃぁղ䭜 .......................................................................................................................... 95 To get something off the ground ࣞθᔶခδ亯ⴤȽ⍱ࣞε................................................................96 To get back into the swing of things ഔᖈᑮᘷ..........................................................................................96 To raise the bar ᣢ儎ḽ........................................................................................................................... 98 To take the bull by the horns ᖉᵰᯣȽཝ㛼ᓊሯദ䳴..........................................................................98 To sit tight 㙆ᗹㅿᖻθޫуࣞ..............................................................................................................99 To break the ice ߦθᢉ߭൰..............................................................................................................99 To add fuel to the fire ⚡р⍽⋯............................................................................................................... 100 To be on someone’s radar ᕋ䎭ḆӰⲺ⌞ᝅ ............................................................................................101 To build castles in the air ⲳᰛڐỜθグᜩ .............................................................................................101 To get a foot on the ladder 䐞䘑㚂ѐ⭕⏥Ⲻ䰞‑ ...................................................................................102 Hammer out a deal/agreement ᮨᇐжㅊӚ᱉Ƚ䗴ᡆж亯অ䇤..............................................................103 Nine times out of ten ॷҁޡғ................................................................................................................ 103 Ins and outs ᶛ嗏ৱ㜿 .............................................................................................................................. 104 To foot the bill Ҧঋ ................................................................................................................................... 90 To go weak at the knees ⅘ᗍ㞵ਇ䖥.....................................................................................................90 The one ળѣ⌞ᇐⲺਜжঀ................................... .. .. . ........................ .. . .. . .........................................................91 No strings attached ᰖ䱺ࣖᶗԬθᰖ䱺ᑜ䲆 䲆 䲆 䲆 䲆 .......... ......................... ........................................................91 To burn the midnight oil ᔶདྷ䖜 ........... ................. . . .. . ............ . ............... . ...........................................................92 To flex one's muscles ᱴ⽰ᇔ࣑θᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ⽰࣑䠅.... ............. ......... .. .. . .....................................................................92 To beef something up ࣖᕰݻᇔ ᭯ ᭯ ᭯ ᭯ ᭯ ᨆ儎.................................... . . .............................................................93 To eat your words ᢵ䇚㠠ᐧ䈪䭏 䭏 䭏 䭏Ҽ䈓 ................................. . .. ........... . . ... . . ........................................................94 To offer an olive branch ծ࠰⁺Ὰ Ὰ Ὰ Ὰ Ὰ Ὰᷓѱࣞૂ䀙 䀙 䀙 䀙 䀙.. . .............. . . .. . .. . ............. . .. . .........................................................94 To bury the hatchet 䀶ᖈӄླ ......... . .......................................... .. .. ..................................................................95 Up-and-coming ࢃぁղ䭜 .......................................................................................................................... 95 To get something off the ground ࣞθᔶခδ亯ⴤȽ⍱ࣞε................................................................96 To get back into the swing of things ഔᖈᑮᘷ..........................................................................................96 To raise the bar ᣢ儎ḽ........................................................................................................................... 98 To take the bu bu bu u bu ull l l l l l b b by y y th th th the e e e e ho ho o ho ho o ho o h rn r r r rn r r s s s s s ᖉ ᖉ ᖉᵰ ᖉ ᖉ ᖉ ᖉ ᖉ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣ ᯣȽཝ Ƚཝ Ƚཝ Ƚཝ Ƚཝ Ƚཝ ཝ㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊ 㛼 㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊ 㛼ᓊሯദ ሯദ ሯദ ሯദ ሯ ሯ ሯദ䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴............................................ ..... ...........................98 To sit tight 㙆ᗹ 㙆ᗹ 㙆ᗹ ᗹ 㙆 㙆ᗹ 㙆ᗹ 㙆 㙆 ㅿᖻ ㅿᖻ ㅿᖻ ㅿᖻ ㅿ ㅿᖻ ᖻ ㅿ θ ޫу у у у у уࣞ ࣞ ࣞ.. . ... . . ...... .. ... .......... . ... . . ... .. .. ... .. . .... .. .. .... . . . . . .... . .. .. ... .. .... . . . . .... . .... . . .. . . ... . . ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. . .... . . ..... . .. . .. . . .. ..... . . . . ........................................99 To break the ice ߦθᢉ߭൰..............................................................................................................99
- 9. 6 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Boil down to something ᖈṯ㔉ᓋѰ.......................................................................................................104 Ten out of ten ┗࠼................................................................................................................................... 105 Happy bunny ᘡ҆ފ, “ᘡ҆ⲺӰ” ......................................................................................................105 Cut loose ж䈣ཐᝅφ⯅䘒ީ㌱ᡌታӡ҆ ..........................................................................................106 Wine and dine 䇴䞈ᇪᤑᖻ ...................................................................................................................... 106 Paint the town red ታ⅘ᒼ .................................................................................................................... 107 Happy as Larry ⅙㤛⣸Ƚ䶔ᑮ儎ު.....................................................................................................108 Carouse Ⱁ侤⣸⅘ .................................................................................................................................... 108 Grit one’s teeth ૢ㍝⢏ީ......................................................................................................................... 108 Heebie-jeebies ㍝ᕖ❜㲇θ✜䒷уᆿ......................................................................................................109 All-singing, all-dancing ᢶᵥݾ䘑θࣕ㜳喆Ⲻޞ....................................................................................110 Lay it on thick 䗽࠼੯ᦝȽ䍙䳴 .............................................................................................................. 110 Proof is in the pudding ᐹзླуླθਹҼᢃ⸛䚉 .................................................................................111 Do something off your own bat ѱࣞৱڐжԬӁ ...............................................................................112 Pleased as Punch ᗹ㣧ᙈ᭴...................................................................................................................... 113 On tenterhooks ᜬᚆуᆿȽᨆᗹੀ㛼.....................................................................................................113 Start with a clean slate ᭯䗽㠠᯦θ䠃᯦ᔶခ .........................................................................................114 Get a head start 㧭ᗍ亼ݾՎࣵ................................................................................................................. 114 Take baby steps ੇⴤḽቅ↛ࢃ䘑............................................................................................................115 Wet behind the ears ҩ㠣ᵠᒨ.................................................................................................................. 116 Green shoots གྷ㤅 .................................................................................................................................... 116 Have your nose in a book กཪ䈱Ҝ.........................................................................................................117 Read someone like a book ሯḆӰҼྸᧂ ...........................................................................................117 Nobody is perfect ӰᰖᇂӰ..................................................................................................................... 118 Run it past you 䈭ᮏжсθ䈭䗽ⴤ .........................................................................................................119 A rough diamond жѠཌ㋍⿶ⲺӰ .....................................................................................................119 Work one's fingers to the bone ᤲળᐛ֒.................................................................................................120 Tipping point 䖢ᣎ⛯................................................................................................................................ 120 Knock-on effect 䘔ᑜ᭾ᓊ ....................................................................................................................... 121 As clean as a whistle 䶔ᑮᒨ߶θ⋗ᴿ⊗⛯ ............................................................................................121 In the driving seat ᧂᨗѱሲᵹ................................................................................................................. 122 Carouse Ⱁ侤⣸⅘ .................................................................................................................................... 108 Grit one’s teeth ૢ㍝⢏ީ......................................................................................................................... 108 Heebie-jeebies - ㍝ᕖ❜㲇θ✜䒷уᆿ.................... . . .. .......................... . . .........................................................109 All-singing, all-dancing ᢶᵥݾ䘑θࣕ㜳喆 喆 喆 喆ޞ ޞ ޞⲺ ޞ ޞ ޞ ........ . ....................... ......................................................110 Lay it on thick 䗽࠼੯ᦝȽ䍙䳴 ........... ................. . . .. . ............ . ............... . ......................................................... 110 Proof is in the pudding ᐹзླуླθ θ θ θਹҼᢃ⸛ ⸛ ⸛ ⸛ ⸛䚉 ...... ......... . .. .. . ...................................................................111 Do something off your own bat ѱࣞ ѱࣞ ѱࣞ ѱࣞ ѱ ৱڐжԬӁ ..................... . .. . .........................................................112 Pleased as Punch ᗹ㣧ᙈ᭴................................................... . .. ........... . . ... . . ...................................................... 113 On tenterhooks ᜬᚆуᆿȽᨆᗹ ᗹ ᗹੀ ᗹ ᗹ ᗹ 㛼............. .... . .............. . . .. . .. . ............. . .. . .......................................................113 Start with a clean slate ᭯䗽㠠᯦θ䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃᯦ᔶခ ........................ .. .. . . ...............................................................114 Get a head start 㧭ᗍ亼ݾՎࣵ................................................................................................................. 114 Take baby steps ੇⴤḽቅ↛ࢃ䘑............................................................................................................ 115 Wet behind the ears ҩ㠣ᵠᒨ.................................................................................................................. 116 Green shoots གྷ㤅 .................................................................................................................................... 116 Have your no o nose s s s s s i i in n n a a a a a bo bo bo o o book ok k ok k k ok k o กཪ กཪ กཪ ཪ ཪ ก กཪ䈱Ҝ 䈱Ҝ 䈱Ҝ 䈱Ҝ Ҝ.......... . ... .. .. . ................................................................... . .... . .......................117 Read someo o o one ne ne ne ne e n n l l l lik k k k k ke e e a a a bo o o o ook ok ok k ok ok k o o ሯḆ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ ḆӰҼ ӰҼ ӰҼ Ҽ ӰҼ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ᧂ .... .. .... .. .. .. . .. .. .... . .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... . ... .. .. .... .. .. . ...... .. .. ... . . .. . . . .. . . .. ... . . . .. . . .. .. . . .. . . ..... ... . .... .... . . . ........................................117 Nobody is perfect ӰᰖᇂӰ..................................................................................................................... 118
- 10. 7 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Show someone the ropes ᮏӰڐӁⲺッ䰞..............................................................................................123 Bugbear ✜ӰⲺӁ.................................................................................................................................... 123 Number-crunching ཝ䠅Ⲻᮦᆍ䘆㇍ .......................................................................................................124 Drone on ுுуՇ .................................................................................................................................. 125 Honeymoon is over 㵒ᴾᵕ㔉ᶕҼ..........................................................................................................125 Steep learning curve ⸣ᵕ䴶ᧂᨗޞ᯦Ⲻ⸛䇼.....................................................................................126 Be like chalk and cheese 䘛❬уੂ..........................................................................................................126 Bring home the bacon ޱᇬ㌀ਙ .............................................................................................................. 127 Breadwinner ޱᇬ㌀ਙⲺӰ..................................................................................................................... 128 A split second жⷢ䰪............................................................................................................................... 128 A wolf in sheep’s clothing жਠᣡ㗀ⳤⲺ⤲ .......................................................................................129 A figment of somebody’s imagination ḆӰࠣグᜩ䊗Ⲻђ㾵.................................................................129 A square meal ж亵侧侣 .......................................................................................................................... 130 Gentleman’s agreement ੑᆆঅᇐ ...........................................................................................................131 The done thing ਾ҄⽲㢸ⲺѴ↘ ............................................................................................................. 131 A penny for your thoughts ֖൞ᜩӶѾϋ ...............................................................................................132 Variety is the spice of life ѦሂཐᖟⲺ⭕⍱ᢃ҆䏙⭕ ........................................................................133 Play it by ear 㿷ᵰ㺂Ӂ ............................................................................................................................ 133 Put two and two together ṯᦤ⧦ᴿ߫᧞ᯣ .........................................................................................134 Young blood ᯦⭕࣑䠅............................................................................................................................. 135 Young at heart ᗹᘷᒪ䖱.......................................................................................................................... 136 Twist somebody around your little finger Աᝅ᩼ᐹḆӰ , 䖱㙂᱉Ѵ൦䈪ᵃδḆӰε .........................137 be (like) putty in sb's hands ᱉δḆӰε᩼ᐹδᡌᖧଃε...........................................................137 Live out of a suitcase ᡆཟ൞ཌྊ⌘ .......................................................................................................138 The new black ᯦伄ቐ.............................................................................................................................. 139 A stone's throw ж↛ҁ䚛......................................................................................................................... 140 Tough cookie 亳ᕰⲺӰ ........................................................................................................................... 141 Look like a million dollars ⵁ䎭ᶛἈᶷҼ...............................................................................................141 Make hay while the sun shines 䎷✣ᢉ䫷 ................................................................................................142 Have eyes bigger than one's stomach ཝ㛐ᆆቅχ䠂供θ㛐䠂侧...................................................143 Travel light 䖱㻻㺂............................................................................................................................... 143 Bring home the bacon ޱᇬ㌀ਙ .............................................................................................................. 127 Breadwinner ޱᇬ㌀ਙⲺӰ..................................................................................................................... 128 A split second жⷢ䰪............................................. .. . .. . ........................ .. . .. . ....................................................... 128 A wolf in sheep’s clothing жਠᣡ㗀ⳤⲺ⤲ Ⲻ⤲ Ⲻ⤲ Ⲻ⤲ ⤲ ⤲ .......... ......................... ......................................................129 A figment of somebody’s imagination Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ ḆӰ Ḇ Ḇ ࠣグᜩ ᜩ ᜩ䊗 ᜩ ᜩ ᜩ Ⲻђ ђ ђ ђ ђ ђ㾵......... . .. . .......................................................129 A square meal ж亵侧侣 .................... . ................ . ........... ........ .. .. .. ................................................................... 130 Gentleman’s agreement ੑᆆঅᇐ ᇐ ᇐ ᇐ ᇐ ................................................. . .. . ......................................................... 131 The done thing ਾ҄⽲㢸ⲺѴ↘ ↘ ↘ ↘ .......................................... . ... . .......... . .. ......................................................... 131 A penny for your thoughts ֖൞ᜩ ᜩ ᜩӶ ᜩ ᜩ ᜩ Ѿϋ ....... .... . .............. . . .. . .. . ............. . .. . .......................................................132 Variety is the spice of life Ѧሂཐᖟ ᖟ ᖟ ᖟ ᖟⲺ⭕⍱ᢃ҆䏙⭕ ........ .. .. ................................................................133 Play it by ear 㿷ᵰ㺂Ӂ ............................................................................................................................ 133 Put two and two together ṯᦤ⧦ᴿ߫᧞ᯣ .........................................................................................134 Young blood ᯦⭕࣑䠅............................................................................................................................. 135 Young at heart ᗹᘷᒪ䖱.......................................................................................................................... 136 Twist somebo bo bo o ody d d d d d a a aro ro ro roun un un n n und d d d d d yo yo y yo yo yo y y ur ur ur ur u l l lit i it i i i i i tle fi fi fi fi fi fi fing ng ng ng ng g ng g ger er er r er e e Աᝅ Աᝅ Աᝅ Աᝅ Աᝅ ᝅ Աᝅ Աᝅ Աᝅ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ Ӱ ḆӰ Ӱ Ӱ , 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱㙂 䖱 䖱 䖱㙂 䖱 ᱉Ѵ ᱉Ѵ ᱉Ѵ ᱉Ѵ ᱉Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ൦䈪 ൦䈪 ൦䈪 ൦䈪 ൦䈪 ൦䈪 ൦䈪 ൦ ൦䈪 ൦ ൦ ൦ ൦䈪ᵃδ ᵃδ ᵃ ᵃδ ᵃδ ᵃδ ᵃ ḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ ḆӰ Ӱ ḆӰ Ḇ ε ε ε ε ε ε .. . .......................137 be (like) putt tt tt tty y y y y y y in in in i s s s s s sb' b b b b s s ha ha ha ha hand nd nd d nd nd d n n s ᱉ ᱉ ᱉ ᱉ ᱉ ᱉ δḆ δḆ δḆ δ δḆ δḆ ḆӰε᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᩼ᐹ ᐹ ᩼ᐹδᡌ δᡌ δᡌ δᡌ δᡌ ᡌ δᡌ δᡌᖧଃ ᖧଃ ᖧଃ ଃ ᖧଃ ଃ ᖧଃ ᖧଃ ଃε ε ε ε ε.. . . . .. . .. .. . . .. . . ..... ... . ... ..... . . . .........................................137 Live out of a suitcase ᡆཟ൞ཌྊ⌘ .......................................................................................................138
- 11. 12 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d To wear your heart on your sleeve ⍷䵨㠠ᐧⲺ...............................................................................255 to have something up your sleeve ѣ⮏ᴿжᤑ....................................................................................256 To have a change of heart ᭯ѱᝅθ᭯ᘷᓜ ....................................................................................257 Change one's tune ᭯ⵁ⌋ᡌ᭯䇰䈹㺞䗴.........................................................................................258 To get worked up ഖḆӁ㻡ᜯᗍ⢯ࡡ⭕≊ .............................................................................................258 Working up to 䙆↛Ѱദ䳴ⲺӁᶛ༽ڐ ..........................................................................................259 To get something out of your system ਇ⋺...............................................................................................259 Work the system 䫱㿺ㄖᓜⲺグᆆȽ╅⍔...........................................................................................260 To have your heart in the right place ླᗹླᝅθᗹ൦㢥....................................................................260 Have a heart!φ(idiom) ਇਇᛨέ㺂㺂ླέ ................................................................................261 Have no heart ⲺᝅᙓࡏᱥᰖⲺθ⋗㢥ᗹⲺ .......................................................................................261 Take something with a pinch of salt ሼؗሼ⯇ ........................................................................................262 Worth their salt ٲᗍؗ䎌Ⲻ..................................................................................................................... 263 The salt of the earth 䈐ᇔ㢥ⲺӰ..........................................................................................................263 To rub salt into someones wound ൞ࡡӰⲺ՚ਙр᫈ⴆ........................................................................264 Not for all the tea in China ᴿཟཝⲺླ༺ҕуᒨ...................................................................................265 To make a meal out of something ቅ从ཝڐ............................................................................................266 To be in a (bit of a) pickle ⻦ࡦቅ哱✜....................................................................................................267 You are pickled 䞟䞀ཝ䞿........................................................................................................................ 268 To have bigger fish to fry ਜᴿ㾷Ӂ㾷ࣔ.................................................................................................268 A fish out of water ࡦṲṲуޛ ...........................................................................................................269 The greatest/best thing since sliced bread 䶔ᑮླⲺਇ᱄........................................................................269 To egg someone on ᘸᚵȽ啉ࣞ .............................................................................................................. 270 To bite the hand that feeds you ሼӽᣛȽᘎ䍕ѿ ............................................................................272 To acquire a taste for something ᔶခ⅘ḆӁ⢟..................................................................................273 An acquired taste 䙆⑆ᢃฯⲺޱ⡧ླ......................................................................................................273 In the flower of your youth 伄↙㤸 ......................................................................................................274 Spring fever ࡓᱛ⎤䒷θᱛദ.................................................................................................................. 274 All over the shop 䴬ҧȽࡦ༺䜳ᱥ..........................................................................................................275 Shop around 䍝∊пᇬ ............................................................................................................................. 276 Cook the books ٽڐ䍜 ............................................................................................................................ 276 Work the system 䫱㿺ㄖᓜⲺグᆆȽ╅⍔...........................................................................................260 To have your heart in the right place ླᗹླᝅθᗹ൦㢥....................................................................260 Have a heart!φ(idiom) ਇਇᛨέ㺂㺂ླέ ........................ . . .........................................................261 Have no heart ⲺᝅᙓࡏᱥᰖⲺθ⋗㢥ᗹ ᗹ ᗹ ᗹⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ .......... ......................... ......................................................261 Take something with a pinch of salt ሼؗ ؗ ؗ ؗ ؗ ؗሼ⯇ ..... . . .. . ............ . ............... . .........................................................262 Worth their salt ٲᗍؗ䎌Ⲻ.............. ................. ............. ......... .. .. . ................................................................... 263 The salt of the earth 䈐ᇔ㢥ⲺӰ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ................................................ . . ...........................................................263 To rub salt into someones wound d d d ൞ࡡӰⲺ՚ਙр᫈ⴆ..... . ............ . . .........................................................264 Not for all the tea in China ᴿཟཝ ཝ ཝⲺ ཝ ཝ ཝ ླ༺ҕу у у у уᒨ ᒨ ᒨ ᒨ............ . . .. . .. . ............. . .. . .......................................................265 To make a meal out of something ቅ ቅ ቅ从 ቅ ቅ ཝڐ............................ .. .. ................................................................266 To be in a (bit of a) pickle ⻦ࡦቅ哱✜....................................................................................................267 You are pickled 䞟䞀ཝ䞿........................................................................................................................ 268 To have bigger fish to fry ਜᴿ㾷Ӂ㾷ࣔ.................................................................................................268 A fish out of water ࡦṲṲуޛ ........................................................................................................... 269 The greatest t/b /b /b /b b be es e e e t t t th th th h hin in in ing g g g g g si i si i si i s s nc nc n n n n n n e e e e e sl sl sl l s ic i i i i i i i ed b b b b b b bre re re re e re re ead ad ad ad ad ad ad 䶔ᑮ 䶔ᑮ 䶔ᑮ 䶔ᑮ 䶔ᑮ ᑮ 䶔ᑮ 䶔ᑮ 䶔ᑮླⲺ ླⲺ ླⲺ ླⲺ ླ ླⲺ ླⲺ ླ ླ ླ ླⲺਇ᱄ ਇ᱄ ਇ᱄ ਇ᱄ ਇ᱄ ᱄ ਇ᱄ ᱄ ᱄............................................ ..... .........................269 To egg som m me eo eo eo eo o o one n n n n o o o o o on n n n ᘸᚵ ᚵ ᚵ ᚵ ᚵ ᚵ ᚵ ᚵȽ啉 Ƚ啉 Ƚ啉 Ƚ啉 啉ࣞ ࣞ ࣞ ࣞ .. . .... . ... . . ...... .. ... .......... . ... . . ... .. .. ... .. . .... .. .. .... . . . . . .... . .. .. ... .. .... . . . . .... . .... . . .. . . ... . . ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. . .... . . ..... . .. . .. . . .. ..... . . . . ...................................... 270 To bite the hand that feeds you ሼӽᣛȽᘎ䍕ѿ ............................................................................272
- 12. 22 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d With a wealth of experience and knowledge, David has established himself as a leader in the field of Mandarin language teaching. His passion and dedication to his students have helped him build a reputation as one of the most respected and effective language teachers worldwide. He expands his interest and expertise to English and Malaysian Language, editing a series of trilingual textbooks and vocabulary books. He practices Tai Chi for almost 30 years and establishes Tai Chi Fitness Organization (http://taichifitness.org/ ) to modernize and promote Tai Chi for fitness and health. a series of trilingual textbooks and vocabulary books. He practices Tai Chi for almost 3 3 3 3 30 0 0 0 years s and e e e es s s s stablis s s sh h h h h hes Tai Chi Fitness Organization (http://taichifitne e e e es s s s s ss s.org/ ) t t t to mo o o o od d d de e e er r r r rn n n ni i i ize and promote Tai Chi for fitness and health.
- 13. 32 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Proverb: a short sentence, etc., usually known by many people, stating something commonly experienced or giving advice: The appetite, says the proverb, grows with eating. (Cambridge Dictionary2 ) Characteristics: x Often metaphorical or allegorical. x Usually of ancient origin, passed down through generations. x Examples: "A stitch in time saves nine," "The early bird catches the worm." Idiom Definition: An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning is not predictable from the literal meanings of its individual words. Idiom: a group of words in a fixed order that has a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own: To "bite off more than you can chew" is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you. (Cambridge Dictionary3 ) Characteristics: x Highly figurative and often culturally specific. x Requires understanding of the context to grasp the intended meaning. x Examples: "Kick the bucket" (meaning to die), "Spill the beans" (meaning to reveal a secret). 2 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ 3 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ x Usually of ancient origin, passed down through generations. x Examples: "A stitch in time saves s s s s n n n n ni i i i in n n ne e e e e, , , , ," "The early bird catches the worm." Idiom Definition: An idiom is a p p p p phrase or expression n n n n whose meaning is not predictable from the liter r ra a a al meanin n n n ng g gs s s o o of f f i i it t ts s s s s i i i i i in n nd d d di i i iv v v vidual words. Idiom: a group of words i in n n n n a fixed order th h h h h ha a a a at t t t t has a particular meaning that is different from the meani i i i in n n ng g g gs s s o o o of f f f each word on its own: To "bite off more than you can chew" is an idiom that means you have tried to do something which is too difficult for you. (Cambridge Dictionary3 ) Characteri i is s s st t tics: x Highl l ly y y y y y y fi i i ig g g g gu u u u u u ura a a at t t t ti i i i i iv v v ve e e e e e e a a a a an n n n nd d d d d d d of f f f f ft t t t t t ten c c c c c c cu u u u u ul l l l l lt t t t t t t t tu u u u u u u ur r r r r ra a a a a a al l l l l l ll l l l ly y y y y y y s s s s s s s sp p p p p p p pe e e e e e e ec c c c c c c c ci i i i if f f f f f f f fi i i i i i i ic c c c c c. x Requires understanding of the context to grasp the intended
- 14. 42 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x Ԍᜩ㾷ࠅ䠃θᡶԛᔶခ䭱⛲䓡։ҼȾ He wanted to lose weight so he started working out. x ∅⅗䭱⛲ᡇ䜳㋴⯨࣑ㄣȾ I'm always tired after I work out. Call a spade a spade ᇎ䈍ᇎ䈤 ྸ᷒жѠӰⲺ䈪䈓ᯯᕅ䶔ᑮθ㙂ъᇔӁ≸ᱥθ∡у䚤᧟ᡌ䚵 䇩θ䛙Ѿቧਥԛ⭞ਙ䈣㺞䗴 “call a spade a spade ᣀ䫷䭞〦֒䫷䭞” ᶛᖘᇯ䘏ѠӰ “䀶у䇩θᴿӶѾ䈪ӶѾ”Ⱦ x рਮՐ䇿֖Ԍሯ䘏Գ᯦ѐᨆṾⲺⵕᇔᜩ⌋ȾԌԄᶛ䜳ᱥ 䀶у䇩έ The boss will tell you his honest opinion of your new business proposal. He calls a spade a spade! x “ᡇᖾ൦䇿ԌԢφᡇуᜩৱᔶ䘏ѠՐθഖѰᡇ䇚Ѱ䘏ᱥ ⎠䍯ᰬ䰪έ” “૽θ֖ਥⵕᱥᴿӶѾ䈪ӶѾέ” A: I told them directly – I don’t want to go to the meeting because I think it’s a waste of time! B: Wow! You really call a spade a spade! x ѰӶѾᡇԢуᴿ䈓䈪ઘϋ֖ᴿ䫧θᡇ↙ླ䴶㾷ٕ䫧ȾWhy don’t we call a spade a spade? You have money and I need to borrow some! Square the circle ڊнਟ㜭Ⲵһᛵ 㾷ᜩᣀ഼ᡆᯯⲺθ䛙ࠖ҄ᱥуਥ㜳ⲺӁȾ“Square the circle ौ഼ ᡆᯯ” 䘏Ѡ䈪⌋Ⓠӄਚԙᑂ㞀ࠖᆜⲺж䚉֒ഴ䰤从θ⭧ӄ䮵ѻԛ ᶛж⋗㜳ᢴࡦ从䀙θᡶԛӰԢ⧦൞⭞ “square the circle” ᡌ “square a circle” ᶛ∊௱ “ڐжԬᖾ䳴ࣔࡦθ⭐㠩ᱥуਥ㜳ⲺӁ”Ⱦ x ᜩ൞ڐж⧥⑮ь⮂㺂㘻ⲺੂᰬᴿжԳどᇐⲺᐛ֒ᱥ䶔ᑮദ 䳴ⲺȾ֖䘏ᱥ൞ڐуਥ㜳ⲺӁȾYou can’t have a stable office ྸ᷒ Ѡ Ⲻ䈪䈓ᯯᕅ䶔ᑮθ㙂ъᇔӁ≸ᱥθ∡у䚤᧟ᡌ䚵 䇩θ䛙Ѿቧਥԛ⭞ਙ䈣㺞䗴 “call a spade a spade ᣀ䫷䭞〦֒䫷䭞” ᶛᖘᇯ䘏ѠӰ “䀶у䇩θᴿӶѾ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿ䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪Ӷ ӶѾ”Ⱦ x рਮՐ䇿֖Ԍሯ䘏Գ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ѐ ѐ ѐ ѐᨆ ᨆ ᨆ ᨆ ᨆ ᨆṾ Ṿ Ṿ Ṿ ṾⲺⵕ ⵕ ⵕᇔᜩ⌋ȾԌԄᶛ䜳ᱥ 䀶у䇩έ The boss wi i i il l l l ll l l l tell y y y y yo o o ou hi i i is s s s s hon n ne e e e est opinion of your new business proposal. H H H H He e e e e e calls a a a a a s s sp p pa a ad d d d de e e a a a s s sp p pa a a a a ad de! x “ᡇᖾ൦䇿Ԍ Ԍ Ԍ Ԍ ԌԢφᡇуᜩৱᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏ѠՐθഖѰᡇ䇚Ѱ䘏ᱥ ⎠䍯ᰬ䰪έ” “૽θ֖ਥⵕ ⵕ ⵕ ⵕᱥ ᱥ ᱥᴿӶѾ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿ䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪Ӷ Ӷ Ӷ Ӷ Ӷ ӶѾέ” A: I told them directly – I don’t wa a a an n n n n nt to go to th h h h he mee e e e e et t t ti i i i i ing because I think it’s a waste of time! B: Wow! ! ! ! Y Y Y Y Y Yo o o ou u u r r r re e e ea a a al l l l ll l l ly call a spade a spade! x ѰӶѾᡇԢуᴿ䈓䈪ઘϋ֖ᴿ䫧θᡇ↙ླ䴶㾷ٕ䫧ȾWhy don’t we call a spade a spade? You have money and I need to borrow w w some! Square the e c c c c c ci i i i i i irc c c c c cl l l le e e e e e ڊ ڊ ڊ ڊ ڊ ڊ ڊ ڊн н н н н н нਟ ਟ ਟ ਟ ਟ ਟ ਟ㜭 㜭 㜭 㜭 㜭 㜭 㜭 㜭Ⲵ Ⲵ Ⲵ Ⲵ Ⲵ Ⲵ Ⲵ Ⲵһ һ һ һ һ һ һᛵ ᛵ ᛵ ᛵ ᛵ ᛵ ᛵ ᛵ 㾷ᜩᣀ഼ᡆᯯⲺθ䛙ࠖ҄ᱥуਥ㜳ⲺӁȾ“Square the circle ौ഼
- 15. 52 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x ᡇྫྷྫྷᙱᱥሯᡇⲺ᯦ྩਁж⮠ⴎ䰤Ⱦ My grandmother always gives my new girlfriend the third degree. Knuckle down ᔰࣚ࣋ᐕǃᆖҐ ਙ䈣㺞䗴 “knuckle down” Ⲻᝅᙓᱥ “ᔶခ࣑࣠ڐḆ亯Աࣗ”θ∊ྸ “ᔶခ⭞ࣕᆜҖᡌ䗑चᐛ֒”ȾᴿӰ䇚Ѱ䈛䈪⌋Ⓠӄᕯ⨹⑮ᡅθ䘏ᱥ ഖѰ⑮ᡅѣ৸ф㘻䙐ᑮՐᣀ “knuckles ީ㢸” 䍪൞൦䶘рθᣀᕯᆆ ᭴൞伕ީ㢸䰪θ❬⭞ཝᣀ⨹ᕯ࠰ৱȾ x ྸ֖᷒ᜩᰬᇂᡆ䘏亯䇗ࡈθቧᗍࣖᣀ࣑ࣨ࣠ᐛ֒ҼȾ You need to knuckle down if you want to finish this project in time. x ൞⸣ᲸⲺՇᚥθᡶᴿӰ䜳ᔶခ⭞ࣕᆜҖθ༽㘹䈋Ⱦ After the break, everyone knuckled down to prepare for their exams. x ྸ᷒ᡇԢуᔶခ࣑࣠ᐛ֒Ⲻ䈓θ 㘷ᶵՐᖾу儎ުⲺȾ If we don't knuckle down, the boss is going to be very unhappy. Be in the hot seat ༴ຳቤቜˈ༴Ҿഠຳ “Be in the hot seat ආ൞✣Ἳᆆ䠂” ⭞ᶛᖘᇯ “䓡䍕䠃ԱȽ༺ູ㢦䳴θ 䴶㾷䀙ߩ䶔ᑮദ䳴ъ䠃ཝⲺ䰤从”Ⱦྸ᷒ḆӰ “be in the hot seat”θ 䛙Ѿ䘏ѠӰᖾᴿਥ㜳ഖ㠠ᐧⲺ༺ູᤑ㠪䍙䳴Ⱦ“Hot seat” Ⲻѿᱥ “⭫Ἳ”Ⱦ x ᯦ᶛⲺ㔅⨼䶘Ѫ䠃ཝ㙂㢦䳴Ⲻቶ䶘Ⱦ There's a new manager in the hot seat today. x Ԍ⡬∃ѰҼᔺԌᱥуᱥ൞䈪ᇔ䈓θ䰤ҼԌᖾཐ䰤从ȾԌⵕⲺ 哱✜ཝҼȾ His parents asked him lots of questions to see if he was telling the truth. They really put him in the hot seat. ഖѰ⑮ᡅѣ৸ф㘻䙐ᑮՐᣀ knuckles ީ㢸 䍪൞൦䶘рθᣀᕯᆆ ᭴൞伕ީ㢸䰪θ❬⭞ཝᣀ⨹ᕯ࠰ৱȾ x ྸ֖᷒ᜩᰬᇂᡆ䘏亯䇗 䇗 䇗 䇗 䇗ࡈ ࡈθቧ ቧ ቧ ቧ ቧ ቧᗍ ᗍ ᗍ ᗍ ᗍࣖᣀ ᣀ࣑ࣨ࣠ᐛ֒ҼȾ You need to knuckle down i i i if f f f you w w w want t t t t to o o o o fini i i i is s s sh h h this project in time. x ൞⸣ᲸⲺՇᚥθᡶ ᡶ ᡶ ᡶ ᡶ ᡶᴿӰ䜳 䜳 䜳 䜳 䜳ᔶ ᔶ ᔶခ ခ ခ ခ ခ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ࣕ ࣕ ࣕ ࣕ ࣕᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜҖθ༽㘹䈋Ⱦ After the break, everyone e e knuckled down to o o p p p p prepare for their exams. x ྸ᷒ᡇԢуᔶခ࣠ ࣠ ࣠ ࣠ ࣑࣠ᐛ֒Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ䈓 䈓θ 㘷 㘷 㘷 㘷ᶵ ᶵ ᶵ ᶵ ᶵ ᶵՐ Ր Ր Ր Ր Րᖾу儎ުⲺȾ If we don't knuckle down, t t t the boss i i i is s s s s s s g going t to o o o o b b b be very unhappy. Be in the hot seat ༴ຳቤቜˈ༴Ҿഠຳ “Be in the ho o ot seat ආ൞✣Ἳᆆ䠂” ⭞ᶛ ᶛ ᶛᖘ ᖘ ᖘᇯ “䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡䍕 䍕䠃ԱȽ༺ູ㢦䳴θ 䴶㾷䀙ߩ䶔 䶔 䶔 䶔 䶔 䶔ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮദ ദ ദ ദ ദ䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴ъ ъ ъ ъ ъ ъ ъ ъ䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃ཝ ཝ ཝ ཝ ཝ ཝ ཝⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ䰤 䰤 䰤 䰤 䰤 䰤 䰤 䰤从 从 从 从 从 从 从 从 从” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” ”Ⱦྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ ྸ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ ḆӰ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ “ “ “ “ “ “b b b b b be i i i i in n n t t t t t th h h h h he e e e e e e h h h h h h ho o o o o ot t s s seat”θ 䛙Ѿ䘏ѠӰ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿਥ ਥ ਥ ਥ ਥ ਥ ਥ ਥ㜳 㜳 㜳 㜳 㜳 㜳 㜳 㜳 㜳ഖ ഖ ഖ ഖ ഖ ഖ㠠 㠠 㠠 㠠 㠠 㠠ᐧ ᐧ ᐧ ᐧⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ༺ ༺ ༺ ༺ ༺ ༺ ༺ູ ູ ູ ູ ູ ູ ູ ູ ູ ູᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ ᤑ㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪 㠪䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙 䍙䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴 䳴Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ“ “ “ “ “H H H H H H Ho o o o o ot t t seat” Ⲻѿᱥ “⭫Ἳ”Ⱦ
- 16. 62 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x ᡇᗍ⸛⎁䈋ᤵҼ┗࠼ҁθ儎ުᗍ࠰ᵑཌȾ After I got full marks in my test result, I was walking on sunshine! x ԌԢ᯦႐⠋ቊθৱᓜ㵒ᴾҼθᡶԛњѠӰ↙ᱥ⢯ࡡᔶᗹⲺᰬ ُȾ They’ve just got married and gone on holiday so they’re really walking on sunshine right now! x ֖┗㝮≊θ䈪ᶛȾ You seem to be walking on sunshine. Do share! Indian Summer ⿻㘱㱾 䈃 summer Ⲻᝅᙓᱥཅཟθռ “Indian summer” Ⲻᝅᙓуᱥ “দᓜ ཅཟ”θ㙂ᰟ、ѣഔ✣Ⲻཟ≊θ؍〦 “、㘷㲄”ȾIndian summer 䘎 ਥ∊௱ӰᲐᒪᒮ⿅ᆿᆷⲺ⭕⍱Ⱦ x ғᴾ䙐ᑮ∊䖹߭ҼθռԀᒪᡇԢਥᱥ䙽рҼжѠ、㘷㲄Ⱦ September is usually chilly, but this year we are having an Indian summer. x ԀᒪⲺ䘏Ѡ、㘷㲄ᝅࡦ⧦൞䘎у⭞サཌྍȾ This Indian summer means that I don’t even need to wear a coat yet. x Ԍ൞䗽ৱⲺࠖᒪѣ䘄ᶛҼ㠠ᐧ䏩⨹ӁѐⲺㅢӂѠᱛཟθҕᱥԌ 㧭ᗍྌᶥᮦᴶཐⲺᰛᆆȾ He enjoyed a real Indian summer in the last years of his career as a footballer - that’s when he won the most trophies. Skin and bones Ⳟव僘ཤ 僘ⱖྲḤ ⸣䈣 “skin and bones ⳤ㛚ૂ僞ཪ” ᇔ䱻ᡶ㺞䗴Ⲻᝅᙓྸ≿䈣䠂ᑮ䈪 Ⲻ “ⳤऻ僞ཪ” ੂθᖘᇯӰⲺ։ශ䗽ӄⱜȾ Do share! Indian Summer ⿻㘱㱾 䈃 summer Ⲻᝅᙓᱥཅཟθռ ռ ռ ռ ռ ռ “In n n n nd d d d d di i i ian n n n summ m m mer” Ⲻᝅᙓуᱥ “দᓜ ཅཟ”θ㙂ᰟ、ѣഔ✣Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻཟ ཟ ཟ ཟ ཟ≊θ؍ ؍ ؍ ؍ ؍〦 〦 〦 〦 〦 “、㘷 㘷 㘷 㘷 㘷 㘷㲄”ȾIndian summer 䘎 ਥ∊௱ӰᲐᒪᒮ⿅ᆿᆷⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ⭕ ⭕⍱Ⱦ x ғᴾ䙐ᑮ∊䖹߭Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ ҼθռԀᒪᡇԢਥᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ䙽 䙽 䙽 䙽рҼжѠ、㘷㲄Ⱦ September is usuall l l l ly y chilly, b b b but this y y y y ye e e ea a a a ar w w w w we are having an Indian summer. x ԀᒪⲺ䘏Ѡ、㘷㲄ᝅ ᝅ ᝅ ࡦ ࡦ ࡦ⧦ ⧦ ⧦ ⧦൞ ൞ ൞ ൞ ൞䘎 䘎 䘎 䘎 䘎у⭞サཌྍȾ This Indian summer means that I don’t even need to wear a coat yet. x Ԍ൞䗽ৱⲺࠖᒪѣ䘄ᶛҼ㠠ᐧ䏩⨹ӁѐⲺㅢӂѠᱛཟθҕᱥԌ 㧭ᗍྌ ྌ ྌ ྌ ྌᶥᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦᴶ ᴶ ᴶ ᴶ ᴶ ᴶཐ ཐ ཐ ཐ ཐ ཐⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻᰛᆆ ᆆ ᆆ ᆆ ᆆ ᆆȾ He e e e e en n nj j j j j jo o oy y y y y y ye e e e ed d d a a a a re e e e eal l l l I I I In n n nd d d d dia a an summer in the la ast t t t t t years s of f h h h hi i i i i is ca a a ar r r re e e ee e e e e e er r r r r r r a a a a as s s a a a a a a fo o oo o o o ot t t tb b b b b b ba a a a a al l l l lle e er r r - t t th h h h h h ha a a at’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’s s s s wh h h h h he e e e e en n n n n h h h h h h h he e e won the most t t t t t tr r r r r ro o o o o op p p p ph h h h h hi i i i ie es s s s.
- 17. 72 | P a g e E d e o & L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x ൞ㄔҿሯᢁԢ࡚ҼྯⲺѐ⁗ᕅҁθྯߩᇐԛ⢏䘎⢏θ㔝 㙂ޢᔶ䈾䇰Ҽྯሯ䘏ӑӰⲺⵁ⌋Ⱦ After her competitors criticised her business approach, she decided to fight fire with fire and go public with her own criticisms of them. x Ԍ㾷ᜩᢉ䍛ሯᢁθжⲺᯯ⌋ቧᱥԛ⢏䘎⢏θૂሯᯯжṭཝ㛼 䘑᭱Ⱦ The only way he could beat his opponent was to fight fire with fire and be equally aggressive. Tit for tat ԕ⢉䘈⢉ˈ䪸䬻ሩ tit for tat QRXQ8@GLVDSSURYLQJ8.ޙWܼt fԥ ޖW W86ޙWܼt fܬ ޖW W ԛ⢏䘎⢏θ䪾䭁ሯ actions done intentionally to punish other people because they have done something unpleasant to you x ᡇਇ⧦ྯ⋗ᴿ㔏ᡇᇺ䍰গĂĂᡇ㿿ᗍྯ䘏ᱥᣛགྷθഖѰৱᒪᡇ ᘎҼྯⲺ⭕ᰛ I noticed she didn't send me a card - I think it was tit for tat because I forgot her birthday last year. An eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) ԕ䘈ˈԕ⢉䘈⢉ an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) saying ԛ䘎θԛ⢏䘎 ⢏Ⱦ said to show that you believe if someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the same thing done to them Beat sb at their own game ԕަӪѻ䚃䘈⋫ަӪѻ䓛 beat sb at their own game ԛެӰҁ䚉䘎⋱ެӰҁ䓡 to use to your own advantage the methods by which someone else has tried to defeat you with fire and be equally aggressive. Tit for tat ԕ⢉䘈⢉ˈ䪸䬻ሩ tit for tat QRXQ8@GLVDSSUR R R RY Y Y Y YL L LQJ8 8 8 8 8 8. . . . ޙWܼt fԥ f f ޖW W86ޙWܼt fܬ f f ޖW W ԛ⢏䘎⢏θ䪾䭁ሯ action n n n ns s s s s done i i i i inten n n n nt t t t t tiona al l l ll l l l ly to punish other people because they have done som m m m mething g g g g unp pl l l l l le eas s s s sa a a a an n n nt to you u x ᡇਇ⧦ྯ⋗ᴿ㔏ᡇᇺ ᇺ ᇺ ᇺ ᇺ ᇺ䍰গĂĂᡇ ᡇ ᡇ㿿 㿿 㿿ᗍ ᗍ ᗍ ᗍ ᗍྯ ྯ ྯ ྯ ྯ ྯ䘏ᱥᣛགྷθഖѰৱᒪᡇ ᘎҼྯⲺ⭕ᰛ I n n n noticed she didn't s s s s s se e e en n n nd m me a card - I think it was tit for tat because I f f f f forgot he e er r r r birthd d da a a a a ay y y y l l l l las s s s s st t t t year. An eye for an eye (and a toot t th h h h h h f f f f f fo o o o or r r r r r a a a a a a t t t t t to o o o o o oo o o o o o ot t t t th h h h h h) ) ԕ䘈ˈԕ⢉䘈⢉ an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) saying ԛ䘎θԛ⢏䘎 ⢏Ⱦ said to show that you believe if someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the same thing done to them Beat sb at t th he eir ow wn g gam me e ԕ ԕ ԕ ԕ ԕ ԕަ ަ ަ ަ ަ ަ ަӪ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ䚃 䚃 䚃 䚃 䚃 䚃 䚃䘈 䘈 䘈 䘈 䘈 䘈 䘈⋫ ⋫ ⋫ ⋫ ⋫ ⋫ ⋫ަ ަ ަ ަ ަ ަ ަ ަӪ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫ Ӫѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ ѻ䓛 䓛 䓛 䓛 䓛 䓛 䓛 beat sb at their own game ԛެӰҁ䚉䘎⋱ެӰҁ䓡 to use to your
- 18. 82 | P a g e E d e o L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x ᡇ∃Ө䈪θ⡬Өᜩ㾷൞䘶Շᢢᐼ࠰⎭Ƚ⧥⑮ь⮂Ⲻ䇗ࡈਠᱥ ⲳᰛڐỜȾ My mother says my father’s plan to sail around the world in his retirement is just a pipe dream. x ᐸ൰䜞㔅⨼ඐྯؗ䇗ࡈᨆॽޢਮ䬶仓 150%ⲺᯯṾуᱥグ ᜩȾ The marketing manager is very confident and insists that her plan to increase company sales by 150% is not a pipe dream. x ᡇᕕᕕⲺ᠈ᜦ䏩ԛ䇷᱄θԌᜩ㾷ᡆѰᡆࣕԷѐᇬⲺ哺㋧㗄Ờᱥ 㺂у䙐ⲺȾ My brother’s laziness is evidence that his dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur is just a pipe dream. A clean bill of health 䓛փڕᓧ䇱᰾/ޜਨ䘀㩕ਸṬ䇱᰾ 㺞䗴“a clean bill of health”ᴿњቸѿφㅢжθᆹਥԛ“ॱ⭕⸛ ᡌ㔏ḆӰᔶޭ䓡։ڛᓭ⣬߫㢥ླⲺ䇷᱄”θ䘏ቸѿૂॱ⯍ڛᓭᴿ ީχㅢӂθᆹ䘎ਥԛᕋ⭩Ѱ“㺞᱄Ƚ⸛ḆޢਮⲺ䘆㩛⣬߫㢥ླ”θ ⭞ᶛᨅ䘦ެ㿺ㄖᓜȽᆿᧈㅿਾ⨼ȾᡇԢᑮ䈪“give someone or something a clean bill of health”θᡌ㘻“someone or something is given a clean bill of health”Ⱦ x ᡇᱞཟҼޞ䶘։Ỷҁθॱ⭕㔏ᡇᔶҼ䓡։ڛᓭⲺ䇷᱄θ ᡶԛᡇ䘏ઞᵡቧਥԛ䠃᯦ഔࡦഘ䱕ѣৱҼȾ After a full medical test yesterday I was given a clean bill of health, so I'm fit to be on the team this weekend. x ⎭ዮᡶᴿ⋏┟Ⲻ⧥ູԀᒪཅཟ䜳ᐨ㻡䇚ᇐѰਾṲȾAll the beaches on the south coast have been given a clean bill of health this summer. x 䈛ޢਮ൞᭯Ҽެᆿޞ㿺ᇐ㧭ᗍҼਾṲ䘆㩛䇷᱄ҜȾ The company made improvements to its safety regulations and was given a clean bill of health. x ᡇᕕᕕⲺ᠈ᜦ䏩ԛ䇷᱄θԌᜩ㾷ᡆѰᡆࣕԷѐᇬⲺ哺㋧㗄Ờᱥ 㺂у䙐ⲺȾ My brother’s laziness is evidence that his dream of becoming a successful entrep p p p pr r r r re e e e e en n neur is jus s s s st t t t a pipe dream. A clean bill of health 䓛փ փڕ ڕ ڕ ڕ ڕ ڕᓧ䇱᰾ ᰾ ᰾ ᰾ ᰾ ᰾ ᰾/ / / / /ޜ ޜ ޜ ޜ ޜ ޜ ޜਨ ਨ ਨ ਨ ਨ ਨ ਨ䘀 䘀 䘀 䘀 䘀 䘀㩕 㩕 㩕 㩕 㩕 㩕 㩕ਸ ਸṬ䇱᰾ 㺞䗴“a clean bill of healt t t th h h h h h”ᴿњቸѿφㅢ ㅢ ㅢ ㅢ ㅢж ж ж ж жθᆹਥԛ“ॱ⭕⸛ ᡌ㔏ḆӰᔶޭ䓡։ڛᓭ ᓭ ᓭ⣬߫㢥ླ ླ ླ ླ ླⲺ Ⲻ䇷᱄ ᱄ ᱄”θ䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏ቸѿૂॱ⯍ڛᓭᴿ ީχㅢӂθᆹ䘎ਥԛᕋ⭩ ⭩ ⭩ ⭩ ⭩ ⭩ ⭩Ѱ“㺞᱄ ᱄ ᱄ ᱄Ƚ ⸛Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇޢ ޢ ޢ ޢਮⲺ䘆㩛⣬߫㢥ླ”θ ⭞ᶛᨅ䘦ެ㿺ㄖᓜȽᆿᧈ ᧈ ᧈ ᧈ ᧈㅿ ㅿ ㅿ ㅿ ㅿ ㅿਾ ਾ ਾ ਾ⨼ ⨼ ⨼ ⨼Ⱦᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇԢᑮ䈪“give someone or something a clean bill of health”θᡌ㘻“someone or something is given a clean bill of health”Ⱦ x ᡇᱞཟ ཟ ཟ ཟ ཟ ཟ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽޞ ޞ ޞ ޞ ޞ ޞ ޞ ޞ䶘 䶘 䶘 䶘 䶘 䶘 䶘։ ։ ։ ։ ։ ։Ỷ Ỷ Ỷ Ỷ Ỷ Ỷ Ỷ Ỷҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ ҁ θ θ θ θ θ θॱ ॱ ॱ ॱ ॱ ॱ ॱ ॱ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕㔏 㔏 㔏 㔏 㔏 㔏 㔏 㔏 㔏ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶ ᔶҼ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ Ҽ䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡 䓡։ ։ ։ ։ ։ڛ ڛ ڛ ڛ ڛ ڛ ڛ ڛᓭ ᓭ ᓭ ᓭ ᓭ ᓭ ᓭⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ䇷᱄θ ᡶԛᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ䘏 䘏 䘏ઞ ઞ ઞ ઞ ઞ ઞᵡ ᵡ ᵡ ᵡ ᵡ ᵡ ᵡ ᵡቧ ቧ ቧ ቧ ቧ ቧ ቧਥԛ ԛ ԛ ԛ䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃 䠃᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ഔࡦഘ䱕 䱕 䱕ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣৱ ৱҼȾ After a full medical t t t test yest t t t t t terd d d day I I I w w was given a cl l l l l lean b b b b b b bi i i i i i i il l l l l ll l l of f f f f health, so I'm fit to be on the team this weekend
- 19. 91 | P a g e E d e o L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x ൞Ԍㅢж⅗ⵁࡦྯⲺᰬُθ⅘Ⲻ㿿ቧ䇟Ԍњ㞵ਇ䖥έԌ⸛ 䚉Ԅ䛙ࡱ䎭㠠ᐧቧՐ⡧рྯȾ He went weak at the knees the moment he first saw her! He knew he would love her from that moment forward. x 哜ށቊ䇟ᡇ㟓ⴌਇ䖥ȾᡇⵕⲺᖾ⅘Ԍέ Michael makes me go weak at the knees. I really like him! The one ભѝ⌘ᇊⲴਖаॺ ᴿӑӰؗθᡇԢ∅ѠӰⲺ⭕ળѣ䜳ᴿжփՐૂ֖ժ㓾⭕θ㙂ъ ሯ֖ᶛ䈪⤢жᰖӂⲺ⡧ӰȾ൞㤧䈣ѣθ⎠╡䈪⌋“the one ж”↙㺞 䗴Ҽ↚ᝅȾThe one “ḆӰળѣ⌞ᇐⲺਜжঀθж”θቧླ∊ᡇ Ԣ؍〦Ⲻ“ⵕળཟᆆ”ᡌ“ⵕળཟྩ”Ⱦ x ᡇ⡬Ө䈪Ԍжؗᡇ∃ӨቧᱥԌⲺ䛙ѠжȾԌԄᶛ䜳⋗ᜩ 䗽㾷ၬࡡӰȾ My father says he always knew my mother was the one. He never wanted to marry anyone else. x ྯቧᱥᡇⲺⵕળཟྩέᡇᢉ㇍ੇྯ≸႐Ⱦ She's the one! I'm going to ask her to marry me. x ྯᛊૂԌ࠼ᢁȾഖѰྯ⧦൞ᢃᝅ䇼ࡦθԌެᇔቧᱥྯળѣ⌞ ᇐⲺ䛙ѠжȾ She regrets breaking up with him. Now she thinks he was the one. No strings attached ᰐ䱴࣐ᶑԦˈᰐ䱴ᑖ䲀ࡦ ⸣䈣 no strings attached ѣⲺ“string”ᴿ“㓼㔩Ƚ㓵”Ⲻᝅᙓθᆹҕਥԛ “҆ಞᡌ⨹ᤃрⲺᕜ”ȾᡶԛԄᆍ䶘рᶛ⨼䀙θno strings attached Ⲻᝅᙓቧᱥ“⋗ᴿ㌱㔩ᆆⲺ”Ⱦ൞ᇔ䱻ֵ⭞ѣθ䘏Ѡ⸣䈣⭞ᶛᨅ䘦 “ᰖ䱺ࣖᶗԬθᰖ䱺ᑜ䲆θу≸ഔᣛ”ⲺᝅᙓȾ The one ભѝ⌘ᇊⲴਖаॺ ᴿӑӰؗθᡇԢ∅ѠӰⲺ⭕ળѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ䜳 䜳 䜳 䜳 䜳ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿжփ փ փ փ փ փՐૂ֖ժ㓾⭕θ㙂ъ ሯ֖ᶛ䈪⤢жᰖӂⲺ⡧ӰȾ൞ ൞ ൞ ൞ ൞㤧 㤧 㤧 㤧 㤧 㤧䈣ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣ ѣθ⎠╡䈪 䈪 䈪 䈪⌋“the one ж”↙㺞 䗴Ҽ↚ᝅȾThe one “ḆӰ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱ Ӱળ ળѣ⌞ ⌞ ⌞ ⌞ ⌞ ⌞ᇐⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻਜж ж ж ж жঀ ঀ ঀ ঀθж”θቧླ∊ᡇ Ԣ؍〦Ⲻ“ⵕળཟᆆ”ᡌ“ⵕ ⵕ ⵕ ⵕ ⵕ ⵕળཟྩ ྩ ྩ ྩ ྩ”Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ x ᡇ⡬Ө䈪Ԍж ؗᡇ∃ӨቧᱥԌⲺ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ䛙 䛙 䛙 䛙ѠжȾԌԄᶛ䜳⋗ᜩ 䗽㾷ၬࡡӰȾ My father sa ay y y ys he alw w w w wa a a a ay y y ys k k k k knew my mother was the one. He never wante e e e ed d d d d d to marry anyone e e e e e el l l lse. x ྯቧᱥᡇⲺⵕળཟྩέ έ έ έᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇᢉ ᢉ ᢉ ᢉ㇍ ㇍ ㇍ ㇍ੇ ੇ ੇ ੇ ੇྯ ྯ ྯ ྯ≸႐Ⱦ She's the one! I'm going to ask her to marry me. x ྯᛊૂԌ࠼ᢁȾഖѰྯ⧦൞ᢃᝅ䇼ࡦθԌެᇔቧᱥྯળѣ⌞ ᇐⲺ䛙 䛙 䛙 䛙 䛙Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ жȾ She e e e e r r r r re e e e e eg g g g gr r r r r r r re e e et t t t t ts s s s b b b b b b b b bre e e e e eak k k k k k ki i i i in n n n n ng g g g g g g g g u u u u up p p p p p w w w w w w w w wit t t t th h h h h h h h h hi i i i i im m m m m m. Now she thinks h h h h he was th h h h he one. No strings attached ᰐ䱴࣐ᶑԦ ᰐ䱴ᑖ䲀ࡦ
- 20. 105 | P a g e E d e o L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x ↘ڒ䘏Ѡ亯ⴤⲺഖᖈ㔉ӄ㕰҅䍺䠇Ⱦ The reason for stopping the project boils down to lack of money. x ֖䈪Ҽᖾཐθռᱥᡇ䇚Ѱᴶ㓾֖㾷ߩᇐⲺᱥ֖ᜩуᜩৱ৸ࣖ႐ ⽲Ⱦ You’ve said a lot, but I think it boils down to whether you want to go to the wedding or not. x ᖈṯ㔉ᓋቧᱥжԬӁ – ֖൞ѐ⮂䠂䇚䇼䈷Ⱦ It all boils down to one thing – who you know in this business. Ten out of ten ┑࠶ A phrase that means full marks 㺞䗴 ten out of ten Ⲻᝅᙓᱥ“┗࠼”ȾᡇԢ⭞䘏Ѡ䈪⌋ᶛ䎔ᢢᡌ⾓䍰 ḆӰⲺᐛ֒ڐᗍᖾ࠰㢨θਥԛᢉ┗࠼Ⱦ x ḛ⨼Ⲻ丩҆֒ᴨᗍҼ┗࠼Ⱦ Charlie was given ten out of ten for his music composition. x ᡇ㔏䘏䜞⭫ᖧⲺ⢯ᢶ᭾᷒ᢉ┗࠼Ⱦ I give this movie ten out of ten for special effects. x 㲳❬ႭႭ⋗ᴿᗍྌθռྯ࣑࣠ⲺᘷᓜٲᗍᡇԢ㔏ྯᢉ┗࠼Ⱦ Although Tingting didn’t win any prizes, you have to give her ten out ten for trying. Happy bunny ᘛҀބ, ᤷ“ᘛҀⲴӪ” An informal expression about being happy ਙ䈣㺞䗴“happy bunny” Ⲻᆍ䶘ᝅᙓᱥ“ᘡ҆”ފθ㙂ެᇔ䱻ѿࡏᱥ “儎ުȽᗹݻᇔⲺӰ”Ⱦ䇮ཐᰬُθӰԢՐ⭞ “not a happy bunny” 㺞⽰“䶔ᑮу┗θ⭕≊”ⲺᗹȾ one thing who you know in this business. Ten out of ten ┑࠶ A phrase that means full mar r r rk k k k k ks 㺞䗴 ten out of ten Ⲻᝅᙓ ᙓ ᙓ ᙓ ᙓᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ“┗࠼ ࠼ ࠼ ࠼ ࠼”Ⱦᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇԢ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ⭞ ⭞ ⭞䘏Ѡ䈪⌋ᶛ䎔ᢢᡌ⾓䍰 ḆӰⲺᐛ֒ڐᗍᖾ࠰㢨θ θ θ θਥԛᢉ┗࠼Ⱦ x ḛ⨼Ⲻ丩҆֒ᴨᗍ ᗍ ᗍ ᗍҼ┗࠼Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ Ⱦ C C Ch h harl l l li i i ie w w w w w was s s s given ten out of ten for his music compositi i i io o o o o o on. x ᡇ㔏䘏䜞⭫ᖧⲺ⢯ᢶ ᢶ ᢶ ᢶ᭾ ᭾ ᭾ ᭾ ᭾ ᭾᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ ᷒ᢉ┗ ┗ ┗ ┗࠼ ࠼ ࠼ ࠼ ࠼Ⱦ I give this movie ten out of ten for special effects. x 㲳❬ႭႭ⋗ᴿᗍྌθռྯ࣑࣠ⲺᘷᓜٲᗍᡇԢ㔏ྯᢉ┗࠼Ⱦ Although Tingting didn’t win any prizes, you have to give her ten out te en n n n n n fo o or r r r t t t tr r r r r ry y y y y y y yi i i i i i i i in n n n n n ng g g g g. .
- 21. 116 | P a g e E d e o L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Wet behind the ears ң㠝ᵚᒢ An expression describing someone who is inexperienced ᡆ䈣 wet behind the ears 䈇ᱥ“㙩ᵫ䶘䘎ᱥ▤⒵Ⲻ”θᆹⲺⵕ↙ ѿᱥ“ҩ㠣ᵠᒨȽࡓ࠰㤻ᓆ”θᖘᇯᒪ䖱Ӱ“ቇуᴪӁθ㕰҅㔅僂”Ⱦ ᦤ䈪䘏Ѡᡆ䈣Ⓠӄ㜄⭕ࣞ⢟θྸ⢑Ƚ㗀ࡐ⭕сᶛⲺᰬُޞ䓡⒵┿┿ Ⲻχ㲳❬ᆹԢⲺ䓡։ᖾᘡቧᒨҼθռᱥ㙩ᵫ㜂প䘎ᱥ⒵ⲺȾ x 㾵㫏ࡐԄᆜṗ∋ѐθ䘎⋗ӶѾ⽴Ր㔅僂ઘȾ Simon has just left school and is still wet behind the ears. x 㧄⨼䇰р⸛䚉䘏Գᐛ֒䈛ᙄѾᒨθռ㾷Ԏ䈮ᇔ䐫ᰬθྯਥ⋗ ᴿӶѾ㔅僂ਥ䈾Ⱦ Sarah knows the theory of the job, but when it comes to practical experience, she’s still wet behind the ears. x ညՐሯᖲᗍ䈪Ⲻ䈓уኇж亴θᱴ❬ԌԢ䇚ѰԌ㕰ቇ㔅僂Ⱦ The committee took no notice of what Peter said; obviously they thought he was still wet behind the ears. Green shoots ༽㣿 An expression for a recovering economy “Green shoots”Ⲻѣᮽᆍ䶘ᝅᙓᱥ“㔵㣳”θਥԛ⨼䀙Ѱ“〃ᆆᔶခਇ 㣳θᱴ⽰࠰⭕ᵰ”Ⱦ“Green shoots”䘏ж⸣䈣㔅ᑮ⭞൞㔅⎄㊱ᮽㄖ ѣθ⭞֒གྷᮦθᖘᇯ“㔅⎄⣬߫ᱴ⽰࠰གྷ㤅Ⲻ䘯䊗”Ⱦ x 㛗⾞ᐸ൰ᱴ⽰࠰㔅⎄གྷ㤅Ⲻ䘯䊗Ⱦ The stock market is showing signs of green shoots. x 䍘┗ݻ㠠ؗθ䇚Ѱ㔅⎄གྷ㤅Ⲻ䘯䊗ᐨ㔅࠰⧦ҼȾ The chancellor is confident that the green shoots of the economic recovery are already here. x ޢՍ䘎у㜳ᇂؗޞ㔅⎄གྷ㤅Ⲻ䘯䊗ᱥⵕⲺȾ The public is yet to be convinced that the green shoots of recovery are real. 㾵㫏ࡐԄᆜṗ∋ѐθ䘎⋗ӶѾ⽴Ր㔅僂ઘȾ Simon has just left school and is still wet behind the ears. x 㧄⨼䇰р⸛䚉䘏Գᐛ֒䈛 䈛ᙄ ᙄ ᙄ ᙄ ᙄ ᙄѾ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿ Ѿᒨθռ ռ ռ ռ ռ ռ㾷Ԏ䈮ᇔ䐫ᰬθྯਥ⋗ ᴿӶѾ㔅僂ਥ䈾Ⱦ Sara a a ah h h h h k know w w w w ws s s s th h h he e e e theo o o ory of the job, but when it comes to practical exp pe e e e er r r rience e, , , she’s s s s s still l w w w wet behind the ears. x ညՐሯᖲᗍ䈪Ⲻ䈓 䈓 䈓 䈓 䈓 䈓уኇж ж ж ж亴 亴 亴θ θ θᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ❬ ❬ ❬ ❬Ԍ Ԍ ԌԢ䇚ѰԌ㕰ቇ㔅僂Ⱦ The committee took k k k k k no notice of what t P P P P Pe e eter said; obviously they thought he was still l l l wet behi i i i ind d d t th h he ear r r rs s s s s s. Green shoots ༽㣿 An expression for a recovering economy “Green shoots”Ⲻѣᮽᆍ䶘ᝅᙓᱥ“㔵㣳”θਥԛ⨼䀙Ѱ“〃ᆆᔶခਇ 㣳θᱴ⽰࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ ⭕ᵰ ᵰ ᵰ ᵰ ᵰ ᵰ ᵰ” ” ” ”Ⱦ“ “ “ “G G G G G G G G Gree e e e e en n n n n n n n s s s s s s sh h h h h h h ho o o o o o oo o o o o o o ot t t t t ts s s s s s s s s” ” ” ” ” ”䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏 䘏ж ж ж ж ж ж ж ж ж⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣䈣 䈣 䈣 䈣 䈣 䈣 䈣 䈣㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞ ⭞൞ ൞ ൞ ൞ ൞ ൞ ൞㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄㊱ ㊱ ㊱ ㊱ ㊱ ㊱ ㊱ ㊱ ㊱ᮽㄖ ѣθ⭞֒གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦ ᮦθ θ θᖘ ᖘ ᖘ ᖘ ᖘ ᖘ ᖘ ᖘᇯ ᇯ ᇯ ᇯ ᇯ ᇯ ᇯ ᇯ ᇯ“ “ “ “㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅 㔅⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄ ⎄⣬ ⣬ ⣬ ⣬ ⣬ ⣬ ⣬ ⣬߫ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ ᱴ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰ ⽰࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰ ࠰གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ གྷ㤅 㤅 㤅 㤅 㤅 㤅 㤅 㤅Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯 䘯䊗 䊗 䊗 䊗 䊗 䊗 䊗” ” ” ” ” ”Ⱦ x 㛗⾞ᐸ൰ᱴ⽰࠰㔅⎄གྷ㤅Ⲻ䘯䊗Ⱦ The stock market is showing
- 22. 126 | P a g e E d e o L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d Steep learning curve ⸝ᵏ䴰ᦼᨑޘᯠⲴ⸕䇶 An expression for learning new skills very quickly Learning curve ᱥ“ᆜҖᴨ㓵”θ“жѠӰᆜҖ᯦Ӂ⢟Ⲻ䘑ᓜ”χsteep ᱥ“䲗ጣⲺ”Ⱦ䘏њѠ䈃㓺ਾᡆ“steep learning curve 䲗ጣⲺᆜҖᴨ 㓵”θҕቧᱥ “⸣ᵕ䴶ᧂᨗޞ᯦Ⲻ⸛䇼”Ⱦ䙐ᑮ⭞ӄᨅ䘦൞᯦ᐛ ֒θ᯦亯ⴤᔶခⲺᰬُθѠӰᡌ㘻ഘ䱕䴶㾷ᘡ䙕൦ᧂ᯦ᨗ⸛䇼ᡌ㘻 䘸ᓊ᯦⧥ູȾ x ഘ䱕䴶㾷ᘡ䙕൦䘸ᓊ䘏Ѡ᯦亯ⴤȾ The team face a steep learning curve on this new project. x ⎭՜ਇ⧦ྯⲺ᯦ᐛ֒䴶㾷ྯ൞ᖾ⸣Ⲻᰬ䰪ᧂᨗཝ䠅Ⲻ᯦ᢶ 㜳Ⱦ Helen found that she has a steep learning curve in her new job. x 䘏Ѡ᯦Ⲻ㕌䗇䖥Ԭᴿᖾཐ䴶㾷ᡇ䗻䙕ᧂᨗⲺ൦ᯯȾ There's a steep learning curve with this new editing software. Be like chalk and cheese 䘕❦н਼ An expression for describing two distinctively different people ㊿ㅊ“chalk”ᱥᑮ㿷Ⲻᮏᆜᐛޭθ㙂ྫྷ䞠“cheese”ࡏᱥж〃伕⢟θ䘏 њѠӁ⢟൞ᵢ䍞р⋗ᴿԱղҁ༺Ⱦഖ↚θ൞㤧ᕅ㤧䈣ѣθ㺞䗴 “be like chalk and cheese ㊿܅ㅊૂྫྷ䞠жṭ”ቧ⭞ᶛᖘᇯњѠӰ䘛❬ уੂᡌᇂޞуਾᤃȾᡇԢ䘎ਥԛ䈪“as different as chalk and cheese”θᝅᙓੂȾ 㓵 θҕቧᱥ ⸣ᵕ䴶ᧂᨗޞ᯦Ⲻ⸛䇼 Ⱦ䙐ᑮ⭞ӄᨅ䘦൞᯦ ֒θ᯦亯ⴤᔶခⲺᰬُθѠӰᡌ㘻ഘ䱕䴶㾷ᘡ䙕൦ᧂ᯦ᨗ⸛䇼ᡌ㘻 䘸ᓊ᯦⧥ູȾ x ഘ䱕䴶㾷ᘡ䙕൦䘸ᓊ䘏Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ Ѡ᯦ ᯦亯 亯 亯 亯ⴤ ⴤ ⴤ ⴤȾ The e e e team face a steep learning curve on this n n n n ne ew pr ro o o oj j j j ject. x ⎭՜ਇ⧦ྯⲺ᯦ᐛ֒ ֒ ֒ ֒ ֒ ֒䴶㾷ྯ ྯ ྯ ྯ ྯ൞ ൞ ൞ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ ᖾ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣ ⸣Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻᰬ ᰬ ᰬ ᰬ ᰬ䰪ᧂᨗཝ䠅Ⲻ᯦ᢶ 㜳Ⱦ Helen found t t t t that she has a steep p p p p p l l l l le earning curve in her new job. x 䘏Ѡ᯦Ⲻ㕌䗇䖥Ԭ Ԭᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿ ᴿᖾཐ䴶 䴶 䴶 䴶 䴶㾷 㾷 㾷 㾷 㾷 㾷 㾷ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ䗻䙕 䙕 䙕 䙕 䙕 䙕ᧂ ᧂ ᧂ ᧂ ᧂᨗⲺ൦ᯯȾ There's a steep learning curve wi i i it t t t th h h h h h t t t t th h h hi i is s s n n ne e e ew w w w w editing software. Be like cha al lk k k k k a an nd d d d d c c ch h h he e e e e ee e e e es s s se e e e e e e 䘕 䘕 䘕 䘕❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦ ❦н н н н н н н਼ ਼ ਼ ਼ ਼ An express si i i io o o o o on n n f f f f fo o o or r r d d d d d d d de e e e e e e es s s s sc c c cr r r r ribin n n n n ng g g g g g g g t t t t t t tw w w w w w w wo o o o o o o d d d d d d d d di i i i i i i is s s sti i i in n n n n n n nc c c ct t t t t t ti i i i i i i iv v v v v v v ve e e e el l l l l l l ly y y y d d d d d d d di i i i i i i if f f f f f f f f f ff f f f f f f f f fe e e ere e e e e en n n nt p p p p p p pe e e e e eo o o op p p p p p pl l l l le e e e e ㊿ㅊ“chalk k k k k” ” ” ” ” ” ”ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ㿷 㿷 㿷 㿷 㿷 㿷 㿷 㿷Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻ Ⲻᮏ ᮏ ᮏ ᮏ ᮏ ᮏ ᮏᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜ ᆜᐛ ᐛ ᐛ ᐛ ᐛ ᐛ ᐛޭ ޭ ޭ ޭ ޭ ޭθ㙂 㙂 㙂 㙂 㙂 㙂 㙂 㙂 㙂ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ ྫྷ䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠 䞠“ “ “ “ “c c c c c c c ch h h h h h he e e e e e e e ee e e e e e e e e e es s s s s s se e e e e e e e” ” ” ” ” ”ࡏ ࡏ ࡏ ࡏ ࡏ ࡏᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥ ᱥж〃伕⢟θ䘏 њѠӁ⢟൞ᵢ䍞р⋗ᴿԱղҁ༺Ⱦഖ↚θ൞㤧ᕅ㤧䈣ѣθ㺞䗴
- 23. 135 | P a g e E d e o L E G O O M a n d a r i n P u b l i c a t i o n s . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d x Ԍ㔅ᑮҧс㔉䇰θᡇ䜳ᐨ㔅ҖᜥҼȾ It’s typical of him to put two and two together and make five. I am used to it now. x put two and two together and make five informal humorous 伄ቧᱥ䴞 to understand a particular situation wrongly, often in a way that is more shocking or exciting than the truth x “ྯガㄕѰӶѾՐ䇚Ѱ֖ᘶᆋҼϋ”“ᡇᴴઋ䗽жњ⅗θᡇ⥒ ྯቧ䘏ṭᜩҼȾ” Why in the world did she think you were pregnant? I was sick a couple of times, and I guess she just put two and two together and made five. x “֖ᙄѾ⸛䚉ԌԢᴿ႐ཌϋ”“ᡇླࠖ⅗㿷ࡦԌԢж䎭ཌ࠰θ ᡶԛቧ䘏Ѿ᧞ᯣȾ” How did you know they were having an affair? I'd seen them out together a couple of times, so I just put two and two together. Young blood ᯠ⭏࣋䟿 A phrase which means the young and vigorous force of an organization ൞≿䈣䠂θᡇԢᑮ⭞“᯦勒㹶⏨”ᶛ∊௱“ࡐࡐࣖޛḆѠᵰᶺᡌ㓺㓽 ѣⲺ᯦ӰȽᒪ䖱Ӱ”θԌԢ䙐ᑮᴿ᯦Ⲻᜩ⌋θ㙂ъ┗ݻᵓ≊ૂ⍱ ࣑Ⱦᩣ䞃“young blood ᯦⭕࣑䠅”↙ᱥф䘏ж㺞䗴ሯᓊⲺ㤧䈣䈪⌋θ ф“young blood”ѿੂⲺᩣ䞃ᴿ“fresh blood”ૂ“new blood”Ⱦ x ѰҼ䀙ᴶ䘇ᒪ䖱Ӱ䜳⅘ӶѾθ䈛ޢਮሼ⌞ޛᴪཐ “᯦勒㹶 ⏨”Ⱦ To stay in touch with what young people like nowadays, the company will start introducing more young blood. ྯቧ䘏ṭᜩҼȾ Why in the world did she think you were pregnant? I was sick a couple of times, and I guess she just put two and two together and mad de e e e e e f f f fi i i i ive. x “֖ᙄѾ⸛䚉ԌԢᴿ႐ ႐ ႐ ႐ ႐ཌ ཌ ཌ ཌ ཌ ཌϋ”“ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇླ ླ ླ ླ ླࠖ ࠖ⅗ ⅗ ⅗ ⅗ ⅗ ⅗㿷ࡦԌԢж䎭ཌ࠰θ ᡶԛቧ䘏Ѿ᧞ᯣȾ” How d d d d did y y yo o o o ou u u u k k k k kn now they were having an affair? I'd seen them m m m m out together a cou u u u up p p ple of times, so I just put two and two togethe e er. Young blood ᯠ⭏࣋䟿 A phrase which means the young and vigorous force of an organization ൞≿䈣䠂θᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇ ᡇԢ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣ Ԣᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ ᑮ⭞ ⭞ ⭞“ “ “ “ “᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦ ᯦勒 勒 勒 勒 勒 勒 勒 勒 勒 勒㹶 㹶 㹶 㹶 㹶 㹶 㹶 㹶⏨”ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ ᶛ∊ ∊ ∊ ∊ ∊ ∊ ∊௱ ௱ ௱ ௱ ௱ ௱ ௱ ௱“ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐ ࡐࣖ ࣖ ࣖ ࣖ ࣖ ࣖޛ ޛ ޛ ޛ ޛḆ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ Ḇ ḆѠᵰᶺᡌ㓺㓽 ѣⲺ᯦ӰȽᒪ䖱Ӱ”θԌԢ䙐ᑮᴿ᯦Ⲻᜩ⌋θ㙂ъ┗ݻᵓ≊ૂ⍱