real love stories never have endings...

                                          ---Richard Bach

2007年7月7日20:44:18

                                 AMERICAN SPOKEN SLANG
                                                             by Yuhan

a baker's dozen
面包是西方的一种主要食品，所以自古以来人们就对所买面包是否足量非常注意。英国国会在1266年立法规定了每条面包的重量，规定所有面包师都必需遵守，如果缺斤少两就要受到处罚。由于无法精确保证所有面包的重量都丝毫不差，为免受处罚，面包商只好在送货时多加一个，这样一打就变成了13个。
A: All in all ,how many students are there in your dorm?
B: Ah,don't remind me of that. there are eight.
A: You've got nothing to complain about.i know in some colleges a baker's dozen share one room.
a long dozen 也表示13个，一个“长打”

a bird in the bush
矮树林里的鸟，比喻尚未到手的东西
A: I heard Cornell has given you an offer.
B: Well ,i'm still hesitating. i'm waiting for Harvard,but Cornell has a deadline,and I'm     afraid to end up with nothing. It's after all a bird in the bush.
A: Right.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
a bird in the wood 表示还在树林里的鸟，即尚未到手的东西

a blot from the blue
blot 的意思是“闪电”，blue 指 “蓝天”，晴天中出现一道闪电，故名：晴空霹雳，或用来比喻意外事件。
A：I heard Henry didn't pass the final exam.is it true?
B: Yeah,it is .unthinkable,right? It must have been a blot from the blue to him.
A: I wonder why? He was always the best!

a chance in a million
一百万次中只有一次机会，故机会很小
A：Hello,I want to apply for a university-owned apartment.Do you think I may possibly get one for the coming semester?
B: Well,I'm afraid you have only a chance in a million.There are already many applicants waiting.

“fat chance” what's meaning then?

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