regret是什么意思英语中有关马的习语

2021年1月19日发(作者：波斯顿蕨)
英语中有关马的习语

Apart
from
dogs,
the
British
love
horses
so
it’s
no
surprise
that
there
are
so
many
idioms
associated to this majestic animal.


除了狗，英国人还喜欢马。所以英语里有很多和马相关的习语。



I've decided to concentrate on those idioms that are also used in a business context.


这些习语在商业背景下同样适用。




1.A Dark Horse (British)
–

someone who doesn't reveal their hidden talents and surprises
people when they discover them.


A Dark Horse(
英式英语
)
——黑马，隐藏的才能被发现后让人们大吃一惊的人



Jean is a dark horse, isn't she? All these months we thought she was quietly working in the
back office when in actual fact she was writing a bestselling novel.


琼真是匹黑马，
不是吗？这几个月我们以为她在办公室里安静地工作，
事实上她在写一
部畅销小说。< br>



g the Stable Door After the Horse Has Bolted (Escaped) - Trying to stop something
bad from happening when it has already happened and cannot be changed.


Closing the Stable Door After the Horse Has Bolted (Escaped)
——想要阻止坏事发生，
但已
经太迟了



Introducing tighter security measures after the break in seems to me like closing the stable
door after the horse has bolted.


在被破门而入之后再引进更牢固的安全措施，在我看来为时已晚。




3. To Drive a Coach and Horses Through Something
–

to expose the weak points or gaps
in an argument.


To Drive a Coach and Horses Through Something
——在争议中暴露弱点或漏洞



The CFO drove a coach and horses through the company
’
s plans for expansion.


首席财务官暴露了公司扩张计划中的弱点。




4. To Beat (also to flog) a Dead Horse
–

to waste time doing something that has already
been done.


To Beat (also to flog) a Dead Horse
——在已经发生的事上浪费时间



Do you think It
’
s worth me writing to a few more recruitment agencies, or am I just beating a
dead horse?


你觉得我再给一些招聘公司写信值不值？还是我只是在浪费时间？




Get off Your High Horse - to stop acting as if
you are better or more intelligent than
other people.


To Get off Your High Horse
——不再表现得像是你比别人更好、更聪明



“
If
you
would
get
off
your
high
horse
for
one
minute
and
listen
to
your
colleagues,
you
would find that they have some great ideas for this project
”
.


“如果你能有一会放下架子，
听听同事的意见，
你会发现他们对 于这个项目有这非常出
色的想法。
”