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Session VI: When Things Go Wrong(不順之時）

1. Lemon = something defective

廢物，沒用的東西。

范例對話:

A: Have you seen Joanne's new car yet?

B: Yeah. It looks good, but she's had nothing but problems with it.

A: That's too bad. It sounds like she got a real lemon.

B: She sure did! No sooner did she drive it home from the dealer's than it proved defective and started breaking down.

2. Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed = wake up in a bad mood

起床時心情很壞。

范例對話:

A: What's the matter with Bernard today? He started shouting from the moment he stepped into the office.

B: I don't know. He usually doesn't act that way at all. I guess he got up on the wrong side of the bed.

A: Just because he woke up in a bad mood is no reason for him to be so cross and to go around shouting at everybody.

B: Hopefully he'll relax as the day goes on.

A: Amen!

3. Get the Ax = be dismissed, fired

美國式的炒魷魚是接斧頭，表示被解雇。

范例對話:

A: I feel sorry for Richard. He was feeling quite depressed when I ran into him.

B: Did he tell you what was bothering him?

A: Among other things, he informed me that he got the ax at work.

B: That's strange. He's always been a conscientious worker. I wonder why they dismissed him from his job?

A: Evidently he had a disagreement on company policies with one of the top executives.

4. In the Hole = in debt

中國人說債臺高壘，美國人說掉進債窟。In the hole 表示欠債.

范例短文:

Unfortunately, Peter had to sell his neighborhood hardware store. Because of competition from the bigger stores in the shopping center, he was going in the hole every month. His store was small and did not generate enough income to meet expenses. As a consequence, he was rapidly losing money and going into debt.

5. Face the Music = accept the consequences

面對事實, 接受后果。

范例對話:

A: It's no wonder you have a stomachache. I told you not to eat so many green apples. You d

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