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令美国人糊涂的英式短语

4. A

令人难以置信，“Something for the weekend”指避孕套，人们通常认为这是售卖避孕套的理发师向顾客推销时的委婉词语，例如”something for the weekend, sir?”

5. D

“His sharp practice cost him a term at Her Majesty's pleasure”，如果有人 at Her Majesty’s pleasure，那他就是关押在英国监狱里。形成这一词组是因为君主最初拥有自由裁决是否关押某人的权利。

6. C

Swings and roundabouts 在英式英语中意为“不同的行动或选择最终都造成毫无收益或毫无损失的情况，或所得和所失相抵消”，是不是有点殊途同归或是失之东隅，收之桑榆的意思呢？更为完整的短语是”to gain on the swings and lose on the roundabouts”。例如，I don't want to have to, but it's swings and roundabouts.

7. D

Horses for courses 是英国谚语，意为“不同的人适合不同的事物”，其出处是短语” Different race horses would perform better on different racecourses / 不同的赛马在不同的赛道上各有更好表现”，真是各有所长或是各有所爱的含义吧。例如：So I'm not interested in politics, it's horses for courses.

8. C

短语 get / have / give someone the hump 的出处并不清楚，可能是与骆驼相关，其含义为“变得或令人恼怒、无缘故发脾气”，例如”fans get the hump when they lose”或”Debate has been raging about road safety, with people across London getting the hump.”