01
“I need it yesterday”是什麼意思?
need (sth) yesterday是一個固定表達
表示to need, require, or desire something very urgently or as soon as possible
即:急切地或盡快地需要、要求或渴望某物
所以I need it yesterday指:
我現在/馬上就需要它!
我急切需要它!
例:
I need those expense reports yesterday! We can't start the meeting without them!
我現在急需那些費用報告! 沒有它們我們無法開會!
02
“I wasn't born yesterday”是什麼意思?
not be born yesterday用來比喻一個人不容易受騙
即:不傻;不易上當
I wasn't born yesterday意思是:
我不會輕易被騙的。
相當于中文裡的:
我又不是三歲小孩。
例:
You don't fool me, I wasn't born yesterday.
不要愚弄我,我可不是三歲小孩。
03
“jam tomorrow”是什麼意思?
這個表達來源于《愛麗絲鏡中奇遇記》
裡面的王後說:
It's jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
明天有果醬,昨天有果醬,但“今天”永遠不會有果醬。
意味着你永遠都無法享用到果醬
後來jam tomorrow就延伸表達:
許諾卻無法兌現的東西;可望不可及的事物
例:
As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.
小時候,大人總是許諾隻要我們耐心點兒就會給我們好東西。
04
“here today, gone tomorrow”是什麼意思?
here today, gone tomorrow 今天來,明天走
也就是我們常說的“昙花一現”
例:
A lot of new internet companies are here today and gone tomorrow.
大量新湧現的互聯網公司都隻是昙花一現。
“昙花一現”還可以用a flash in the pan
例:
Sadly, their success was just a flash in the pan.
不幸的是,他們的成功僅僅是昙花一現。
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