当自己穷困潦倒的时候 迷你对话学地道口语第260期:穷困潦倒 穷到极点

迷你对话学地道口语第260期:穷困潦倒 穷到极点  

迷你对话：,A: Please lend me some money.,借点钱给我，好吗？,B: OK, do you want it urgently?,没问题，你有急用吗？,A:Yeah, I really want it. I am on my uppers.,对，我真的非常急需这笔钱。,B: Right, here you are.,好吧，给你。,A:Thanks.,谢谢。,地道表达：,on one’s uppers,解词释义：,这个习语字面意思是指把鞋子的鞋底都磨破了，只好拿鞋面来当鞋底穿着走路，当然这是不可能办到，因此用以比喻“人处于极其穷困潦倒的境地”。,支持范例：,He was on his uppers when I came across him.,我是在他穷困潦倒时碰见他的。,Mr. Green had been out of work for several months and was on his uppers.,格林先生已失业好几个月了，现在生活十分困难。,People should lend him a helpful hand; he's really on his uppers.,人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。,I believe he is the youngest son of an earl, but he seems on his uppers.,我相信他是伯爵的小儿子，不过他看来已经穷困潦倒了。