释义 |
Examples:lots of different (skills)—lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money—loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action—appear (of products, publications, sometimes derog., "lots of shoddy material is appearing nowadays")—lots of money, less work, and close home—form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty—thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things say—take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth)—lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action—take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking—one's lot (of good and bad fortune)—be put to a lot of trouble—Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then—(used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of—Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.—fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities—whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference—complain of one's bitter lot—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—boasts a lot, but nothing comes of it [idiom.]— |