名人教英文：大败输亏
to come a cropper
大败输亏
josé: isn't that pablo gonzalez over there going into the pawn shop?
何塞︰看，走进当铺的那个人，不是巴勒罗．冈萨雷斯吗？
sasha: yes, that's him. he looks really miserable.
莎莎︰不错，正是他。他看来很苦恼。
josé: that's no surprise. he played the stock market and came a cropper.
何塞︰这不奇怪。他炒股票，大败输亏。
sasha: what does he know about the stock market? he's a shoemaker.
莎莎︰他是个鞋匠，对股市有什么认识？
josé: well, the answer is very little. that's why he came a cropper.
何塞︰认识不多，所以一败涂地。
sasha: so he lost a lot of money?
莎莎︰他输了很多钱吗？
josé: almost everything. so it's no wonder that he's trying to pawn his valuables. he needs to raise money to pay the bills.
何塞︰几乎输掉一切。他现在要把值钱的东西拿去当，并不奇怪，他要钱付账。