这是一个流氓头子在说话,他对手下的一个打手说:“路易,我们得在谋杀那个警察的事上找一些小喽罗来做牺牲品,否则,警察就要把这案件追根儿追到我们这儿来了。”
我们下面要给大家介绍的一个俗语是:to throw the baby out with the bath water。To throw the baby out with the bath water从字面上来解释就是:在泼洗澡水的时候连孩子一起泼掉了。这是很难想象的。但是这个俗语真正表达的是:在扔掉你不要的东西时把宝贵的东西都无意地一起扔掉了。我们举个例子吧:
例句-3: "Our company thought they\'d be smart and save money by stopping the bonuses they had been giving to the salesmen who sold the most cars each month. Well, they saved a little money, but they threw the baby out with the bath water--our best salesmen quit and went to work for our biggest competitor."
这句话的意思是:“我们公司取销了给每个月出售汽车最多的推销员奖金的制度,以为这样做很明智,可以省钱。可是,他们省了一点点钱却失掉了更有价值的东西,因为我们最好的推销员就此不干了,他到和我们竞争最激烈的公司去干了。”
下面这个例子里的公司主管比较聪敏,他正在考虑要不要解雇那个他不满意的雇员:
例句-4: "I\'d really like to fire this man tomorrow. But if I fire him, his brother will probably leave with him. His brother is one of our best people, and I don\'t want to throw the baby out with the bath water."
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