Idiomatic expressions

表示破旧的衣服，

riches

表示财富。从白手起家到最后暴富，

(from) rags to r iches

形象地描述了那些靠自我奋斗起家致富的人

士，同时 也泛指自我奋斗成功的人。他们的经历被叫作

“rags

-to -

riches experience”

或者

“rags

-to-

riches stories”

。

Examples:

I believe that I can go from rags to riches if I really work hard.

我坚信如果我足够努力，我就能

靠自我奋斗走向成功。

He is a brilliant young footballer whose talent took him from rags to rich es.

他是一名凭天分从

一无所有一跃成为巨富的年轻足球运动 员。

She is our role model whose life is a rags-to-riches story.

她 是我们的榜样，她的一生白手起家，

靠自我获得成功。

It’s

（

two

）

thumbs-up!

太棒了！

When we say something two thumbs up, it’s fantastic and really good.

如果有人在称赞某物某

事

two thumbs-up

或者

thumbs-up

< br>，就如他所做的手势一样（两个大拇指上翘），表示它们实在是棒

极了。

Thumbs-up

也有表示赞同的意思。

Examples:

-

What do you think of the film?

你觉得电影怎样？

-

Two thumbs-

up! It’s worth watching.

太棒了。值得一看。

Top officials gave thumbs-up to the organizers for their perfect work.

最高官员 对组织者的出色

工作表示了满意。

The government’s plans have got the thumbs up from the trade unions.

政府的计划得到了工

会的赞许。

for old times’ sake

看在过去的情面上

/

念往日之情

When you do something for old times’ sake, you do it in memory of old times, or as a tribute

to past times. for old times’ s ake“

因为过往的原因

”

，也就是通 常所说的怀念往日之情或者看在过去的

情面上的意思。

Examples:

I want to hold a party for

my college roommates for old times’sake.

We haven’t seen each for

so long.

我想为大学室友办一个派对，重温往日时光。我们已经很久没有见了。< /p>

Please lend me some money for old times’sake.

看在过往情面上，借我点钱吧。

strike/catch someone’s fancy

符合某人心意

When something strikes someone’s fancy, it is pl

easing and attractive to someone. strike

someone’s fancy

和

catch someone’s fancy

表示某物或某物投某人所好，符合某人心意。

Examples:

I am thinking what I should buy that will strike her fancy.

我想着买什么才能投她所好。

We all have a rough idea of what our perfect partner is like: beautiful, or smart, or rich, or

educated or whatever else that strikes our fancy.

对于完美伴侣的样子 ，

我们都有一个粗略的想法

:

漂亮、聪明、富有、有教养诸如此类符合我们心意的。

I have been awake since midnight.

我从半夜就醒了。

This is another way of saying you did not sleep very well besides I just stayed up all night.

make my day

让我高兴一下

If something makes your day, it has given your some pleasure or has made you happy. And

sometimes the expression is used as a humorous way to show that the person you are

speaking to knows it would be a big mistake to make your day. make my day

常在 口语中出现，

表示什么事情让你特别高兴，有时候也是对特别不走运的事情的一种自嘲的 说法。