1. try (something)on for size
释义:To try, use, or consider something in order to make a decision or form an opinion about it. (尝试做……)
例句:The whole point of test driving a car is to try it on for size to see if you feel comfortable in it.
试汽的全部意义在于试一试,看看你在车里感觉得舒服没有。
I replied to his query with many cases. Let him try that on for size.
我用很多事例回答了他的疑问,让他自己去考虑吧。
Let's try the plans on for size.
我们来讨论一下这些方案,看看是否行得通。
2. like a shot
释义:Very quickly and perhaps excitedly. (立刻,马上)
例句: I took off like a shot when I heard that my best friend's plane had finally landed.
当我听到我最好朋友的飞机终于着陆的消息时,我立即就起飞了。
I'd really like to get that job. If I'm offered it, I'll take it like a shot.
我确实想得到那份工作,如果这份工作给我的话,我会立刻乐意接受。
The dog was off like a shot after the rabbit.
狗跑去追兔子。
As soon as he heard the news he was off like a shot.
他一听到这个消息拨腿就跑了。
3. not… by a long shot
释义:Not at all. (一点也不,丝毫没有)
例句:They could not solve the problem by a long shot.
他们根本不可能解决这个问题。
He said to me that he was not short of money by a long short.
他跟我说他一点也不缺钱。
It wasn't as good as his first book - not by a long shot.
这本书不如他的第一本书好——差远了。
We aren't finished cleaning, not by a long shot—we still have the entire downstairs to tackle.
我们还没打扫完,差得远了——我们还有整个楼下要打扫呢。
A: Have you painted your house yet?
他把房子油漆好了吗?
B : I started yesterday, but it's not finished by a long shot.
我昨天才开始,要漆好还早着呢。