口語課堂第13期:已成定局,咬緊牙關應付
cut and dried:(指事情,安排或觀念)固定的,已成定局
by the end of the evening their plans for carrying out the robbery were cut and dried, with nothing left to chance.
夜幕降臨的時候他們的搶劫計劃已經確定,所有的可能都想到了.
The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.
調查之事併爲說死.
bite the bullet informal 硬着頭皮對付不愉快或艱難的情況,咬緊牙關應付
getting your car repaired is often an expensive business, but all you can do is bite the bullet and pay up.
修車往往是一件很花錢的事,可是你是能咬緊牙關付賬單.
這個表達法源於過去戰地手術的習慣.戰士們在無麻醉劑的情況下咬住子彈接受手術.
