標題:英文習慣用語 日期:2013-10-22
【yo~英文習慣用語】
●To give up the ghost 汰舊換新（通常指已故障、老舊到不行的機器）
→I need money to buy a new car. My old one is twelve years old and I'm afraid it's ready to give up the ghost.
我需要錢去買一輛新車．我那輛老的汽車已經開了十二年，恐怕是完蛋了
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●to call the shots 做最後決定、下命令
→The three partners who own our company are supposed to have equal say in running it. But one of them, old Mister Johns is the one who calls the shots and tells us what to do.
我們公司三個老闆在經營方面應該是有同樣發言權的．但是最後做決定的總是老約翰先生，每次都是由他來告訴我們幹什麼。
●to call one's bluff 揭露某個人虛張聲勢的做法
→Sometimes you can scare the other players out of the game with a bluff and ‘steal’ the pot with a worthless hand. But it can be very expensive if another player calls your bluff.
有的時候你可以虛張聲勢把其他牌友嚇住了，這樣你就偷偷地用一手壞牌贏了錢．可是，要是另一個打牌的人不相信你，向你挑戰，那你就可能會輸不少錢。
●To give up the ghost 汰舊換新（通常指已故障、老舊到不行的機器）
→I need money to buy a new car. My old one is twelve years old and I'm afraid it's ready to give up the ghost.
我需要錢去買一輛新車．我那輛老的汽車已經開了十二年，恐怕是完蛋了
⋯⋯
●to call the shots 做最後決定、下命令
→The three partners who own our company are supposed to have equal say in running it. But one of them, old Mister Johns is the one who calls the shots and tells us what to do.
我們公司三個老闆在經營方面應該是有同樣發言權的．但是最後做決定的總是老約翰先生，每次都是由他來告訴我們幹什麼。
●to call one's bluff 揭露某個人虛張聲勢的做法
→Sometimes you can scare the other players out of the game with a bluff and ‘steal’ the pot with a worthless hand. But it can be very expensive if another player calls your bluff.
有的時候你可以虛張聲勢把其他牌友嚇住了，這樣你就偷偷地用一手壞牌贏了錢．可是，要是另一個打牌的人不相信你，向你挑戰，那你就可能會輸不少錢。
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