三合一名片語及形容片語

在《三合一慣用語》中,介紹了幾種三合一的常見短語。這裡集中談三合一名片語及形容片語,希望大家有更進一步的認識。
　　● odds and ends:各種不值錢的小物品

　　「Every year, we have to clear the rooms of all odds and ends.」

　　● oddities and absurdities:異樣或不合情理的感覺

　　「Sometimes, we have to bear with oddities and absurdities of language use.」

　　● bits and pieces:零星物件

　　「The storeroom is filled with bits and pieces. Can't someone arrange them properly？」

　　● aches and pains:周身疼痛

　　「After a day's hardwork, the old man suffered aches and pains, especially in the limbs.」

　　● board and lodging:食宿

　　「I paid about $200 for board and lodging when I studied in the U.S. in 1969.

　　● chapter and verse:（常和動詞give或quote連用）註明……的出處或詳情

　　「Jason knows all the important points in this book and can give you chapter and verse without hesitation.」

　　● hammer and tongs:（常和go at it連用）鬧哄哄地爭吵

　　「At a political meeting, many participants went at it hammer and tongs for quite a while.」

　　● heaven and earth:（常和move連用）竭盡全力

　　「When a government is good, the people will move heaven and earth to support it.」

　　● hue and cry:嘈雜聲

　　「When it was learnt that some workers would be laid off, there was a hue and cry among them.」

　　● hustle and bustle:喧鬧

　　「One can often see hustle and bustle in a place with crowds of unruly people.

　　● ifs and buts:各種借口

　　「No ifs and buts, please ！ Just work according to the schedule.」

　　● rack and ruin:（常和go to連用）遭破壞

　　「Owing to urban renewal, even historic spots are going to rack and ruin.」

　　● stuff and nonsense:胡說八道

　　「Is Tom asking to leave the company？ Stuff and nonsense！ I bet that would be the last thing for him to do.」

　　● ups and downs:盛衰；浮沉

　　「For many people, life is full of ups and downs.」

　　● wear and tear:耗損

　　「Because of wear and tear, a car needs regular servicing.」

　　● bright and breezy:活潑輕快的

　　「Joelle is bright and breezy； everyone likes her.」

　　● cut and dried:早已決定的

　　「The programme is cut and dried； it is not possible to make changes now.」

　　● rough and ready:粗略的

　　「I cannot dwell on the use of English determiners, but you can follow the rough and ready rules.」

　　● spick and span:嶄新的；極整潔的

　　「Despite being busy, Mrs Chen manages to keep the house spick and span.」

　　● short and sweet:簡短扼要

　　「Everybody is too busy to listen to a long-winded story, so try to keep it short and sweet.」