點滴英語天天學第180期:雅思詞彙(19)
1.表述：cake walk
釋義： Something very easy. （容易做的事情）
例句：——How is your test?——Oh, man, that was a cake walk.
——你的考試如何？——噢，我的天！那考試太容易了。
I've been running marathons for years now, so this 5K run will be a cake walk for me.
我跑馬拉松已經有好幾年了，所以這次5公里跑對我來說是小菜一碟。
Persuading him to give us the day off won't be a cake walk.
要說通他放我們假可不是容易事。
Don't think this job is a cake walk. You'll have to rack your brains once you start on it.
別以爲這工作是易如反掌的事，一旦你幹了就知道它是很傷腦筋的。
2. 表述：have one foot in the grave
釋義：To be on the verge of death.（在死亡的邊緣）
例句：When I had the flu last week, I felt like I had one foot in the grave.
上個星期我得了流行性感冒，我覺得好像是一隻腳已經進了墳墓。
The way the nurses are talking, it sounds like Great-Uncle Edmund already has one foot in the grave—you better come to the hospital quick.
從護士們說話的口氣看，埃德蒙大爺好像已經快入土了——你最好趕快到醫院來。
3. 表述：(as) easy as ABC
釋義：Extremely easy, simple. （非常簡單）
例句：Don't worry, after some lessons and a bit of practice, driving is easy as ABC!
別擔心，經過一些課程和一點練習，開車很容易！
Don' t run away with the idea that this job is going to be as easy as ABC.
別以爲這工作是輕而易舉的。
It was as easy as ABC for John to push the lad aside.
約翰輕而易舉地就把小孩推到一旁。
