十三、俗語、習語、諺語中的it

1. It’s my turn. 輪到我了。

2. It’s hard to say. 很難說。

3. It comes to nothing. 沒有結果。

4. It doesn’t matter. 沒關系。

5. It’s no use. 沒用。

6. It never rains but pours. 不雨則已，一雨傾盆；禍不單行

7. That’s it. 這就對了；就這樣

9. Just as sb. puts it. 正如某人所說

10. It isn’t one’s thing. 這不是……所好；這不是某人真正喜歡的東西

11. It makes no odds to sb. + 從句. 沒關系；無所謂；無關緊要；無差別

It makes no odds to me whether you go or stay. 你是去是留與我無關。

12. It serves sb. right (for doing sth.)咎由自取；罪有應得

She left you, didn’t she? It serves you right for being so selfish.

13. It stands to reason (+that從句). 這是人人都清楚的；這是明擺著的

It stands to reason that they will go if you don’t pay them enough.

14. It takes two to do sth. 雙方都有責任；一個巴掌拍不響

It takes two to make a quarrel.

It takes two to tango, but I still think it was more his fault. 一個巴掌拍不響，但是我還是覺得多半是他的錯。

15.will come out in the wash. 終將水落石出；終將真相大白于天下

16. It is the same with… ……情況一樣

---Tom is good at math, but weak in history. ---It is the same with me.

17. It will cost you. 貴得很；要花很多錢

There is a de luxe model available, but it cost you. 有豪華型的，但很貴。

18. It won’t do. (表示情況不令人滿意，應加以改進)那不行；那不合適

I am afraid it won’t do. 恐怕不成。

It won’t do without you. 沒有你可不成。（這是離不開你）

19. It’s a long story. 說來話長。

20. It’s a small world. 世界真小

Goodness, it’s a small world, I just saw my old teacher at the airport.

21. It’s a snap. 容易的很。

They told me this is a hard test, but it’s a snap.

22. It’s Greek to me. 我完全不懂。

23. It’s in God’s hand. 一切聽天由命。

24. It’s not my day. 萬事不順的日子。

25. It’s up to you. 由你決定。= You decide.

26. see to it that…

Please see to it that the door is locked. 請注意一下門鎖了沒有。

See to it that you’re not late again. 注意千萬不要再遲到。

27. look to it that…

Look to it that this doesn’t happen again.注意不要在發生這種事。

Look to it that you make no more similar mistakes.注意以后不要再犯類似的錯誤了。

Look to it that you don’t make the same mistake again. 注意不要再犯同樣的錯誤了。

28. It’s piece of cake.

29. as it is/was 實際上；像現在這個樣子

Don’t touch it, leave it as it is.

30. as it were 姑且這么說；可以說；仿佛，似乎

He is, as it were, a walking dictionary. 可以說，他是個活詞典。

I became, as it were, a man without nationality. 我似乎成了一個沒有國籍的人。

31. call it a day 今天到此為止；就這樣算了吧 （相當于so much for today; that is all fortoday）

Now let’s call it a day.

32. chance it 碰運氣；冒風險 (=risk it)

It’s now or never. Let’s chance it. 機不再來。我們碰碰運氣吧。

33. foot it 步行，走路；快走, 緊跑

I missed the last subway and had to foot it home.（步行）

If we want to get there on time, we have to foot it. （跑過去）

34. have it out with sb. 同某人決一雌雄；同某人講個明白

35. have it over/on 勝過；比……強

36. hop it 走開；滾開 = get away

37. if it were not for; were it not for; if it had not been for; had it not been for 若非；要不是

38. It is well (that)…幸好；萬幸

It’s well the children didn’t see what happened.

It was well for you that nobody saw what you had done.