Welcome to English in a Minute from home.
欢迎来到居家版《一分钟英语》栏目。
This week's idiom sounds painful and not so smart.
这周的习语听起来很痛苦,也不是那么聪明。
But what does it mean in a conversation? Let's listen.
但是在对话中它是什么意思呢?让我们听一下。
How did the job interview go yesterday?
昨天的面试怎么样?
I really shot myself in the foot.
我真是搬起了石头砸自己的脚。
Oh no. What happened?
哦,不。发生了什么事?
I criticized my old boss who turned out to be the interviewer's mother.
我批评了我以前的老板,结果发现他是面试官的母亲。
Um. You know you're not getting that job, right?
额。那你应该清楚,自己得不到那份工作了吧?
To "shoot yourself in the foot" means to do something foolish that causes harm to yourself.
Shoot yourself in the foot的意思是做一些伤害自己的愚蠢的事情。
You don't mean to, of course. But it happens anyway.
你当然不是故意去这么的。但它还是发生了。
And that's English in a Minute.
以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。