错过机会如何说?相信不少人立刻就会想到miss the opportunity,这个说法没错。这次呢,大家来给大伙介绍两个常见的表示错失良机的习语,用起来语言会更生动些。
1. Missing1 the boat 错过(好机会、好东西等)
A: Jenny is not coming today. She decided2 to go shopping with her sister instead.
Jenny 今天晚上不来了。她决定改跟她姐姐逛街去了。
B: I see somebody is missing the boat. I wonder how she's going to feel once she finds out who's here tonight.
有人错过大好机会了。我想了解她一旦了解今天晚上哪个在这里时的反应会是如何。
Missing the boat的原意是错过要搭的船,在口语里常被用来指错失的意思。
2. If You Snooze, You Lose! 假如你不注意,就错过良机了。
A: Hey! Where did all the cake go? I haven't got any of it.
嘿!蛋糕都到什么地方去了?我一点都没吃到。
B: There's no cake left. Your brother ate the last piece. If you snooze, you lose!
(蛋糕)都没了。你弟弟吃了最后一块。你没快点行动,机会就没了啊!
有的闹钟上面有一个叫你可以在闹钟响后, 再小睡一下的按键。这个按键就叫snooze。所以If you snooze, you lose. 的意思就是假如你贪睡的话,你就不会赢了,常常用来表示假如你不注意/不快点行动,就会失去机会了。
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