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To "live it up" means to have a very good and exciting time.
“live it up”的意思是度过一段非常美好、令人兴奋的时光。
But the phrase to "never live something down" has a very different meaning.
但是短语“never live something down”的含义则非常不同。
Anna, did you try the cake I made for George's birthday?
安娜,你试过我为乔治做的生日蛋糕了吗?
A bite. One bite. Dan, it was kind of the talk of the party.
一口。就吃了一口。丹,它可是派对上的谈论热点。
Oh, no. It was that bad? Oh, I may have forgotten to add sugar.
哦,不。有那么糟吗?哦,我可能忘了加糖了。
That's bad, Dan. Bad. That's bad.
太糟了,丹。太糟了。
Ugh! I'm never going to live this down!
啊!我永远不会忘记这件事了!
To "never live something down" means that people will not forget that you made a big mistake or did something embarrassing.
“never live something down”的意思是,别人不会忘记你犯下的一个大错误或是你做的令人尴尬的事情。
People just don't forget others' mistakes that easily.
人类是不会那么容易忘记别人的错误的。
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