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每日短语讲解 第24期:Like watching paint dry无聊地等待

Source: 恒星英语学习网    2018-09-11  我要投稿   论坛   Favorite  

今日短语

英语中的 like watching paint dry 这个短语字面意思是“就像是用眼看着等着油漆干”,比喻一种乏味无聊,冗长没意思的等待。

例句

My girlfriend loved the Les Miserables movie, but I hated it. For me, it was like watching paint dry.

The chancellor's budget speech is on TV later. It'll be like watching paint dry!

I hate it when football is on the television, it's like watching paint dry.

请注意

另一个短语是 paint the town red, 字面意思是“把全城刷红”比喻尽情地,毫无约束地狂欢庆祝。

It's my 21st birthday on Saturday and I'm going to paint the town red.


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