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1. Wake up and smell the coffee – she doesn’t want to go out with you!
2. My girlfriend wants me to buy her some diamond earrings, but I’ve got no money, she really needs to wake up and smell the coffee!
3. When we say ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ in English, it means that you need to pay attention because you’re missing something that’s really obvious.
译文:
1. 醒醒吧 – 她(根本)不想和你出去(约会)!
2. 我的女朋友想要我给她买钻石耳环,可我没有那么多钱,她真应该清醒一点。
3. 当我们说 ‘wake up and smell the coffee’,意思是你应该清醒一下,因为你看不见显而易见的东西。
earrings = 耳环
wake up and smell the coffee = 醒来闻到咖啡香,清醒一下,醒醒吧
口语练习:
Wake up and smell the coffee, you would fail in the final exam if you play games everyday and miss your homework.
He really needs to wake up and smell the coffee as she does not want to go out with him.
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