英語口語練習小對話 第526期:劫數難逃;完蛋

A: My classmate is quarreling with our teacher’s conclusions in a bad attitude.

我的一個同學和我們老師觀點不符合，而且態度十分惡劣。

B: Well, his number is up.

哦，他要大難臨頭了。

1. 解釋

該習語的意思是“完蛋了”“劫數難逃”等。起源於一次大戰期間軍隊裏的行話，說his number is up的意思就是“他死了。”這裏的number是指“軍人的番號”。對話中的“His number is up.”的意思就是“他大爛臨頭了”。

2. 例句

e.g. If his friends find out the bad things he has said about them, his number is up.

如果他說他朋友的壞話被查出來，他就要遭殃了。

e.g. For 30 years our congressman has done a pretty good job in Washington. But this time I think his number is up - he has a smart young man running against him with a lot of new ideas.

原來那人當選國會議員已經三十年了，他這些年的政治生涯風平浪靜，但是這次他卻遇上了勁敵，一個幹練又富有創新思想的年青人和他爭奪競選議員，看來後生可畏，老將這次要下馬了。