早安英文 第582期:关于fish的一些俚语表达

（单词翻译）

 

a big fish

An important, successful, or influential¹ person.

重要人物

Before Donald Trump² ran for president, he was already a big fish.

川普在竞选总统前就是个很成功的人了。

cold fish

Someone who shows no emotion and comes across as unfriendly or disinterested³.

态度冷漠的人

I like her, but she is a bit of a cold fish.

我还挺喜欢她，但是她好像有点冷诶。

Sunny is not a cold fish at all.

Sunny 可不是个冷漠的人呢！

an odd fish／a queer fish

Someone who is very strange.

奇怪的人（queer这个单词可以指同性恋，所以不要用在不熟的人身上。）

I don't want to invite Jack⁴ to the party, he is an odd fish.

俺不想邀请强子来俺的派对，他很奇怪诶！

bigger / better fish to fry

More important matters to deal with. 

有更重要的事要做

I can't worry about that now, I've got bigger fish to fry! 

我现在可没功夫管那个，我忙着呢！

I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has bigger fish to fry right now.

我想要Chris来帮我做这个项目，但是他声称自己很忙。

not the only fish in the sea / there are plenty of (other) fish in the sea

Plenty of other suitable persons, especially for a romantic relationship.

形容在恋爱关系中，某个人并不是世上仅有的。

When Bob walked out on Sally, all we could tell her was that he was not the only fish in the sea .

当bob离开sally时，我们只能告诉她这世界上还有很多好男人。

I know you are broken up about Janet leaving you, but there are plenty of fish in the sea.

我知道你因为Janet离开你很伤心，但是还有很多很棒的人啊！

like shooting fish in a barrel

ridiculously easy. 

瓮中捉鳖，易如反掌。

Eating four burgers is like shooting fish in a barrel for Jack.

对强子来说，吃四个汉堡真的太easy了。

For Sunny, Playing mahjong and winning money at mahjong is like shooting fish in a barrel.

对Sunny来说，打麻将赢钱太简单了！