口語課堂第146期:瑞雪兆豐年

A snow year, a rich year.
瑞雪兆豐年。

as the driven snow純潔無暇
We came to this world as pure as the driven snow, and why is it that our souls are now smeared with smudges.
我們像白雪般純潔來到這世界，爲何現在我們的靈魂卻抹上了污點。

be snowed under埋在雪裏，被徹底打敗, 被壓倒
The little bushes were snowed under and could not be seen.
小灌木叢埋在雪裏看不見了。
Be snowed under in the election
在選舉中被徹底擊敗

be snowed under with忙得不可開交
I'm snowed under with work. 我被工作壓得喘不過氣來。

snow job花言巧語的欺騙
a boy may use a snow job , to try to get a girl to go out with him.
一個小夥子巧舌如簧，竭力想讓一個姑娘和他外出約會。

If there be neither snow nor rain, then will be dear all sorts of grain. 雨雪不調，五穀價高

Whether you boil snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
煮雪或踏雪，結果都是水