我花了七个小时处理那项工作,但我的努力却连个谢谢都没捞到。
4. Cock up – This can be used as a verb or a noun and it means to make a serious mistake or a mistake. (It has nothing to do with male parts!)
这个短语既可用作动词也可用作名词,它的意思是犯了很严重的错误(动词)或错误(名词)。(这个表达跟男性器官毫无关系。)
例句:
You really cocked up this time. What are you going to do?
这次真是搞得一团糟,你打算怎么办?
5. Donkeys’ years – a long time or ages
很久很久,好多年
例句:
It was so great to see Sally again. I hadn’t seen her in donkey’s years.
能再次见到萨利真是太棒了,我好多年没有见到她了。
6. Gobsmacked - “Gob is mouth in British English and if you smack it, you probably would do it because you are amazed or shocked.
Gob在英式英语里是嘴巴的意思,如果你咂嘴,可能是因为你感到惊讶或震惊。
例句:
I was gobsmacked by how much weight Pete had lost.
皮特瘦了这么多,太让我吃惊了!
7. Gormless – another way to say vacant or clueless.
表示茫然或无知愚蠢的另一种方式。
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