分類: 英語成語園地-其他篇

臨危捨棄某人；置某人於困境而不顧。

例句：

• I hope they can find someone to replace me at work. I don't want to leave them in the lurch. (我希望他們能找人做我的工作。我不想置他們於困難中而不顧)
• I'd known Cindy well for years, and I never believed that she'd leave me in the lurch. (我跟辛蒂相知相交多年，我怎麼也不相信她竟在我處於困境時棄我不顧)

註：lurch 意為「(身體或機器) 突然的前衝或晃動」。

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實話實說；坦率地說。

例句：

• You're just going to have to lay it on the line and tell Sam his work's not good enough. (你一定要實話實說，告訴山姆，他的工作做得不夠好)
• Mom really laid it on the line and told me I couldn't get my pocket money unless all my grades went up. (媽媽很明白地告訴我，除非我全部成績都有提升，否則別想拿到零用錢)

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打亂；破壞；阻止；妨礙。

例句：

• I'm not willing to put the kibosh on Eugene, but he isn't doing what he is supposed to. (我不願妨礙尤金，但他沒在做他該做的事)
• The rain put the kibosh on our plans for a picnic. (大雨破壞了我們的野餐計畫)
• We had planned a two-day, 120-kilometer bike ride but bad weather put the kibosh on it. (我們原本打算進行兩天 120 公里的單車之旅，但惡劣的天氣使這項計畫泡了湯)

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沒有經驗、容易上當的人；小孩般天真的人。

註：這成語源於一則有關兩個小孩冒冒失失地進入樹林，沒有意識到潛在危險的故事。就「(小) 樹林」的意思而言，wood 和 woods 同義。

例句：

• When it comes to dealing with men, Cynthia's just a babe in the woods. (談到與男人打交道，辛西亞可是一點經驗都沒有)
• We're all babes in the wood in business matters. (我們全都沒有做生意的經驗)

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代罪羔羊；代人受過者。

註：這成語與 scapegoat 同義，其後往往接介系詞 for。

例句：

• The president has turned out to be the whipping boy for his party. (總統結果成了該黨的代罪羔羊)
• Gavin is being made a whipping boy for the government's failures. (嘉文成了政府施政缺失的代罪羔羊)

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清楚地瞭解某人或某事。

註：get 有時可用 have 來代替。

例句：

• The police were still not able to get a fix on the cause of the accident. (警方仍然不瞭解事故的原因)
• I still haven't gotten a fix on my wife. (我對我太太還不是很瞭解)
• After reading that biography, I felt I really had a fix on Chiang Ching-kuo. (讀了那本傳記之後，我覺得對蔣經國確實有了清楚的瞭解)

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分清好壞；區分優劣。

例句：

• Although all the students seem equally quick and bright in class, a look through their written work is able to separate the grain from the chaff. (雖然所有學生在課堂上好像全都一樣聰明伶俐，但只要一看他們的書面作業就能分出高下了)
• The CEO is in the hope that the new procedure for evaluating employees can separate the wheat from the chaff. (執行長希望新的員工評鑑程序能區分出優劣)

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各種訣竅、方法；全部法寶。

註：除了 a 和 the 之外，bag 的前面也可用所有格，且經常用 whole 來修飾。不過，這成語也可用來指負面的很多做壞事的手法。

例句：

• My father is so clever and has a bag of tricks. I'm sure he can help us. (我父親很聰明，很會想辦法。我肯定他能幫助我們)
• I've used my whole bag of tricks, but we still haven't solved this problem. (我已經用盡了各種辦法，但我們仍未解決這個問題)

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(評論、批評或攻擊等) 不公平的；卑鄙的；卑劣的。

註：這句成語的意思是說，跟別人吵架或發生衝突時，或者在選舉進入白熱化時，若要評論、批評或攻擊對手，應該就事論事，不要把別人的陳年舊帳或個人隱私翻出來，這對別人來說是不公平的，而這種行為也顯得不夠光明磊落，甚至是一種卑鄙、卑劣的作法。

例句：

• That new advertisement really hits below the belt. (那支新廣告真是卑鄙)
• The remarks John made about his wife's failure seemed to be hitting below the belt (or his remarks were a bit below the belt). (約翰因他太太失敗所講的那些話對她頗不公平)

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嚴厲責備；嚴厲處罰。

• If you miss any more classes, your teachers will be down on you like a ton of bricks. (如果你再有一次不去上課，你的老師一定會嚴懲你)
• If my father finds me misbehaving, he'll come down on me like a ton of bricks. (如果我父親發現我搗蛋的話，他決不會輕饒我)

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