“rain check”跟天气有关系咩?

“rain check”跟天气有关系咩?

2015-06-22    08'36''

主播: 英语直播间

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1)Day in the sun -Matthew MacCaughnaghey had his day in the sun when his acting finally paid off with an award in Dallas Buyers Club -Susan Boyle had her day in the sun. Now we will inevitably forget about her -Usain Bolt has his day in the Sun every four years during the Olympics, for the rest of the time he is anonymous Definition: you get attention and are appreciated. generally refers to long-awaited attention Etymology: commonly understood as something more abstract than an actual vacation day, some may refer to the phrase to describe an incentive from an employer that may include vacation time or any other privileges. 2)Whipping boy -England were the whipping boys of their World Cup group -Many believe that the Cold War was just big nations attacking whipping boys -The Accounting department is the whipping boys of the office Definition: someone who is punished for someone elses deeds Etymology: This expression alludes to the former practice of keeping a boy to be whipped in place of a prince who was to be punished. [Early 1900s] 3)Rain check -Oh we would love to visit you house, but we are busy this Sunday. Could we take a rain check on your kind invitation -I would love to have drinks with you. But I have a family emergency. So rain check. -Iggy Azalea had to give all her fans Rain checks after she cancelled her concert tour. Definition: a re-issuance of an invitation at a later date. (Said to someone who has invited you to something that you cannot attend now, but would like to attend at a later time. Etymology: This term comes from baseball, where in the 1880s it became the practice to offer paying spectators a rain check entitling them to future admission for a game that was postponed or ended early owing to bad weather. By the early 1900s the term was transferred to tickets for other kinds of entertainment, and later to a coupon entitling a customer to buy, at a later date and at the same price, a sale item temporarily out of stock.