總會有人受騙上當的；天下不怕沒有笨蛋；笨蛋無處不在

例句：

• He left a window open and then wondered why he’d been burgled! There’s one born every minute, isn’t there? (他有個窗戶沒關，卻納悶他家為何會遭小偷! 這個世界永遠不怕沒有笨蛋，不是嗎?)
• I sold my old computer to someone who paid me more than double what it’s really worth. Well, there’s one born every minute. (我把我那部舊電腦賣給人家，他付給我的錢比電腦現在實際價值多了一倍以上。嘿，笨蛋真是無處不在)

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酩酊大醉；醉得東倒西歪。

註：在此成語中，sheet 並非「被單」或「薄片」，而是航海用語，意為「(繫牢船帆用的) 帆腳索」。一般而言，需要三條帆腳索才能繫牢船帆。如果帆腳索沒有繫牢，船帆就會任意隨風飄揚 (flop in the wind)，船隻就會偏離航線；這也是本成語最初叫做 three sheets in the wind 的原因 － 至少可追溯到 1821 年 － 但現在大都使用 three sheets to the wind 的型態。

A sheet in the wind 是船員一句常用的口語，表示「微醉」(tipsy)，因此 three sheets in the wind 就是「酩酊大醉；醉得東倒西歪」。據說，船員還有所謂 four sheets in the wind，那就是「醉得不省人事」(unconscious)。

例句：

• Man, he was three sheets to the wind last night, how much did he drink?! (老兄，昨晚他喝得酩酊大醉，他喝了多少?!)
• Don’t take notice of Sam; he’s three sheets to the wind. (不用管山姆了；他喝掛了)

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聊個沒完；喋喋不休。

註：這成語原義為短話長說，亦經常寫成 to chat/gossip away nineteen to the dozen。

例句：

• The two friends had not seen each other for ages. When they met they talked nineteen to the dozen about all they had done in that time. (這兩個朋友多年不見了，一見面就沒完沒了地談論這些年來他們所有的經歷)
• Whenever I get together with my cousins, we always gossip away nineteen to the dozen. (每當我們表兄弟姊妹聚在一起，我們總是聊個沒完沒了)
• Jack was chatting away nineteen to the dozen behind me and I couldn’t concentrate. (傑克在我後面嘰哩呱啦說個不停，讓我無法專心)

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多喝了一杯；醉醺醺。

例句：

• That guy looks as if he has had one over the eight. (那傢伙看起來好像喝醉了)
• He had one over the eight and fell down the steps as he was leaving the party. (他多喝了一杯，當他離開宴會時從台階跌了下來)

註：這成語原指人們相信喝酒超過八杯，就會喝醉。

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