各人有各人的口味。人的愛憎好惡,往往是無法解釋的:there is no accounting for taste: it is very difficult to understand why somebody likes something that you do not like at all。後天養成的愛好,要慢慢培養才會欣賞的事物,例如抽象藝術,紅酒和乳酪,稱為 an acquired taste。
人生的巔峰狀態,就如 on the top of a hill。Peak 山巔,頂峰,正如一個人的高峰期 at the peak of a person's power。當你不再年輕,你想做某件事情,年紀已經太老了,力不從心,只好感喟地嘆息:I am already over the hill 老而不中用了。
容易賺的錢是 easy money,money for old rope 或 money for jam。財源滾滾來,當然是 rolling in money 或者印銀紙一樣:have a licence to print money;腰纏萬貫是 someone is on Easy Street,甚至 he has money to burn。
Meal time is the occasion or time of eating a meal 進餐時間/吃飯時間。Out to meal 是出外用膳:He's out to lunch with a client. A meal outside 指户外進行的 picnic or barbecue。Make a meal of something 是小題大做,或者做事過於認真。Meat 是來自獸類或禽鳥可供食用的肉類,常見的有:beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork, chicken, poultry, venison。The meat is the important or interesting part of something. 有價值的事物、主意等,內容,實質,要點。