迷你對(duì)話
A: This morning my boss blamed me again, but I didnot do anything wrong.
今天早上老板又批評(píng)了我們,但是我沒有做錯(cuò)事情呀。
B: Bad managers are a dime a dozen, but a goodone is difficult to find.
壞老板多如牛毛,碰見一個(gè)好的真難得。
地道表達(dá)
a dime a dozen
1. 解詞釋義
Dime本身指“一角硬幣,不值錢的東西”;dozen是指“一打,十二個(gè)”。A dime and a dozen放在一起來表示“多如牛毛”的意思,多得讓人覺得此物或此人沒有什么價(jià)值和稀罕之處。
2. 例句拓展
e.g. In Hollywood, pretty girls are a dime a dozen.
在好萊塢漂亮姑娘多的是。
e.g. The stamps of this sort are a dime a dozen.
這種郵票不值錢。
e.g. Pagers were rare ten years ago. Now they are a dime a dozen.
十年前,尋呼機(jī)挺少見的,現(xiàn)在太不稀罕了。
e.g. The bottom line is that stores like yours are a dime a dozen.
根本原因是象你們那樣的商店不稀罕了。