史上最殘暴的英語短語:There's more than one way to skin a cat!

2021-12-09 英文口語專家

There's more than one way to skin a cat

Definition: There is more than one way of achieving an aim.

達到目的的方法不止一種 

A: How will we fix the sink without a wrench?

B: There's more than one way to skin a cat.

A: 我們沒扳手怎麼修洗碗槽啊？

B: 還有其他方法的。

Don't worry, we'll get this start-up off the ground. Our talks with the investment group may have fallen through, but there's more than one way to skin a cat.

別擔心，我們會讓這家初創公司慢慢獲得成功的，我們與投資集團的談判可能已經失敗了，但還是有其他方法讓公司運營下去的。

have other/bigger fish to fry

Definition: To have more important or more interesting things to do or attend to.

有更重要的事要做；有更好玩的地方要去

It's really not worth my time. I've got bigger fish to fry!

浪費時間！我還有別的事要做呢！

So you aren't coming out with us tonight? I suppose you've got bigger fish to fry.

你今晚不跟我們出去了，是嗎？我猜你應該有其他安排了。

更多實體例句

（場景：丈夫剛做完結紮手術）

Wife: Hank, I am so touched by what you did for me today. I am.

Wife: Hank，你今天為我做的事讓我很感動，真的。

Husband: Yes, but...but... What I did for you today means that I can't do this or anything like it for the next 48 hours.

Husband: 可是.可是.我為你做了這個事就意味著在未來的兩天裡我不能做這個那個了。

Wife: Oh, yeah. Well, there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Wife: 哦，對哦！可是.可以「幫」我的方法可不止一種的。

A: You won't marry him though, will you?

A: 你不會真的嫁給他吧，是嗎？

B: What? Marry a sea monster?

B: 什麼？誰要嫁給那隻大海怪呀？

C: We shouldn't laugh. That's so unkind.

C: 我們不能這樣笑人家的，有點不太好吧！

A: But he must marry someone.

A: 可是他還是要討老婆的呀！

B: Edith, what are you thinking?

B: Edith，你在打什麼主意了？

A: You know, I don't dislike him as much as you do.

A: 我嘛，我不像你那樣討厭他。

B: Perhaps you don't dislike him at all.

B: 也許你根本就不討厭他吧。

A: Perhaps I don't.

A: 也許吧。

B: Well, it's nothing to me. I have bigger fish to fry.

B: 反正結不結婚我並不在意，我還有其他更重要的事要做呢。

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