小溪時尚美語【15】

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1. A cake walk
    走去吃糕(易事)
    That was a cake walk. = That was very easy.
    那是一樁容易的事.
    例子: Jeff is better at darts than Rob. After I beat Jeff, beating Rob was a cake walk.
    杰夫擲標的本事比羅布強,我既然勝了杰夫,要打敗羅布是不費吹灰之力的.
    2. A knock out
    擊倒(美的讓人傾倒)
    She is a knock out. = She is really pretty.
    她非常美.
    例子: The woman in that movie was a real knock out.
    這部電影的女主角美的讓人傾倒.
    3. A load off my mind
    心頭的大石落地.
    That was a load off my mind. = That is something I don't have to worry about any more.
    我再也不用為那件事操心了.
    例子: When my son called me after his trip to tell me he arrived safely, it was a load off my mind.
    我兒子飛機降落以后給我打了電話,我心頭一塊石頭才落地.