全網最酷美語怎麼說:第50期 白費口舌
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Brad: 大家好，我是Brad.
Nick: 在生活中，大家有時候做事就做到無用功，就是說做了跟沒做一樣，浪費時間。或者說話，有時候說了跟沒說一樣。舉個例子，你想去打球，但是你的朋友在做作業，而且他不愛打球，你叫他打球，一般都是白費口舌對吧，說了沒有用。或者說一個人很固執，也不愛學習，很多人都勸過了，但他從來不聽。你呢，還跑去勸，可能這也是白費口舌，對吧這麼多人都勸不聽，你勸有什麼用呢？那在這裏，白費口舌用美語怎麼說？
Nick: hey Brad. I wanna write a letter to Scarlet Johansson's agent.
Brad: For what? Are you serious?
Nick: Yeah you saw that video on? A high school kid just recorded a video, imitating La LaLand and sent it to Emma stone, asking her to attend his graduation prom!
Brad: And you know he failed, right? Emma turned him down. To be honest, this is kinda silly.
Nick: Well. You never know. I'd like to give it a shot!
Brad: He was beating the dead horse, man.
Nick: Um.. I think you are right. I'll just give it up.
beat the deadhorse就是白費口舌的意思，但是呢要注意，這個詞有更寬的用法。它不僅僅是說說話的時候，也可以用在做事情，do something that is a waste of time。在我舉的例子裏，我是想說，一個人錄視頻邀請emma stone，然後他失敗了。我也想做一個視頻，邀請scarlet，然後Brad說這件事情就是無用功，不會有效果的，就是beat the dead horse."打死了的馬"是沒有用的。 So this is pretty much it for this time, I'll see you guys next time. Bye
