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Have (got) a thing with / for / about

= be obsessed with / for / about

Err on the right side.  Err on the safe side.  Err on the side of caution

 What exactly do these terms mean?

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妄自菲薄

= 自卑過甚、自暴自棄, 過於自卑而不知自重

Thrown into disarray -  使…陷入混亂的狀況

A.  Bespeak

1.  To speak; to address; to show; to indicate; 提出; 指示; 建議; 表示, 顯示

劣幣驅良幣

Bad currency drives out good currency

While I was reading an interesting thread of “Is the Chinese Language dead?”, I came across some interesting words and I would like to share them with you.

Facetious = not meant to be taken seriously; amusing; humorous; bantering; 詼諧的; 滑稽的; 風趣的; 開玩笑的 

(1) 老神在在的, 冷靜的, 泰然處之的

Unflappable

Composed

Pierian Spring

靈感

What is the Pierian Spring of my writing?

如雨後春筍般的出現

Spring up like mushrooms.

go with the flow

go with the tide

隨波逐流

mar 瑕疵,破壞, 毀損,缺陷

be slightly marred 有稍微地瑕疵, 缺陷

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請問『隔山觀虎鬥』這諺語的英文是...?

Elisa 解答:

親和力:

親近和諧的力量。如：「王先生對待員工一向關懷備至，因此頗具親和力」

1.  In one's way (meaning: forming a hindrance or obstruction)

She is determined to become President of the United States , no matter who is on her way.

=> She doesn’t care what the obstacles will be.  She will do whatever it takes to become President of the United States .

1.  Happen to (meaning: by chance)

I happened to see her in the mall

=> I saw her in the mall by chance.

Fall a victim to (meaning: A person or thing destroyed in the pursuit of an object or in gratification of a passion)

She fell a victim to jealousy and completely ruined their relationship.

=> This means that:  Their relationship was destroyed because of her jealousy.

這裡, “strike a social bargain” means: 達成了社會上的協議 

=> It means: to reach a social agreement