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He has got a job in Los Angeles.
   他已在洛杉矶找到一份工作。

We met once a week.
   我们每周见面一次。

You can't blame him for his mistake; he is just a babe in the wood in business matters.
   你不能责怪他犯错,在生意场上他还很幼稚。

Bob's younger brother was a bad actor.
   鲍勃的弟弟表现恶劣。

We had to give it up as a bad job.
   我们只得对此不再抱有希望。

He is such a bad sailor that he always travels by plane.
   他是那么会晕船,所以他总搭飞机。

If you don't eat more you'll soon be a bag of bones.
   你要再不多吃些,真的要变得骨瘦如柴了。

At any period of history it is the unemployed who find life to be a bed of nails.
   在任何历史阶段,总是失业者才感受到生活的艰辛难熬。

At any period of history it is the unemployed who find life to be a bed of thorns.
   在任何历史阶段,总是失业者才感受到生活的艰辛难熬。

Tom is the best player in our class, but compared to those players in the school team, he's just a big fish in a little pond.
   在我们班汤姆球打得最好,可是跟校队队员相比,他不过是矮个中的高个。

Your article is a bit long.
   你的文章长了一点。

She talks a bit much.
   她话说得太多。

We think it a bit too thick to do it that way.
   我们认为那样做太过分了。

Our exploration to the primeval forest was quite a chapter of accidents.
   我们去原始森林探险,的确发生了一连串意想不到的事情。

It was really a close thing that he survived the accident.
   他在事故中幸存下来,真是死里逃生。

He came back with a face as long as a fiddle.
   他板着脸回来了。

She was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends.
   她经常接济那些手头拮据的朋友。

Winning the medal was a feather in his bonnet.
   获得奖章是他的荣誉。

Winning the medal was a feather in his cap.
   获得奖章是他的荣誉。

It costs a fine penny to keep a car nowadays because of the high price of petrol.
   由于汽油价格高,现在拥有一辆汽车要耗费一大笔钱。