英文成语──关于时间

英文成语──关于时间

1. To be born yesterday

= be easily fooled/naive

=昨天出生，意思是你嘲笑别人是古代人，也就是指对方傻／天真

2. Better late than never

=doing something late is better than not doing it at all

=晚做比不做好

3. At the eleventh hour

=almost too late/at the last possible moment

＝在11点，意思是最后一分钟才完成

4. In next to no time

=in almost no time at all

=快没时间了

5. It’s high time

=the right time/past the appropriate time to do something

=类似我们说最适合做某事的时间是昨天，其次就是今天。

6. Time flies

=time passes quickly

=时光飞逝

7. Third time is a charm

=3rd time you do something, it will usually work

=通常做到第三次，就能把事情做好

8. In the long run

=in the long term

=长远而言

9. The ship has sailed

=an opportunity has been missed

=错过了一个机会

10. In the nick of time

=at the last possible moment

=最后一分钟