跟罗大卫学英语（17）
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Idioms and expressions in business
这周的成语跟经商有关
1.to be in the black/red – to be making/losing money, to have money/to have a debt.Although his company is in the black (making money), he is personally in the red because of his gambling addiction.
[盈利，赚钱/亏损，负债]——虽然他的公司盈利，他自己却因为赌博而负债累累。
2.to be in the hole – to be in debt. She’s $10,000 in the hole now after using her credit cards to shop in New York.
[负债]——在去纽约用信用卡消费之后，她负债1万元。
3.to make hay (while the sun shines) – to make money (when times are good.)You need dry, sunny weather to bundle hay.When a company makes a lot of money because they hold a patent, they act as a monopoly.Then we say they make hay while the sun shines.
[赚钱]——需要在干燥和晴朗的天气捆扎干草。一个公司因为拥有一项专利成为垄断者，从而赚钱。我们就说这家公司非常赚钱(就像晴天里捆干草一样)。
4.a mark – refers to someone who is an easy target for a scam artist.That man was so gullible that he was an easy mark.
[容易的目标]——这个人非常容易受骗。他是个易受骗的人。
5.penny wise, pound foolish – to watch your pennies (penny-pinch) but waste larger amounts.He didn’t want to spend $5.00 to repair a small leak in his roof and now has to spend $1000.00 to replace the rotted beams.
[因小失大]——他不想花5块钱去补屋顶上的一个小漏洞，现在他不得不花1000块去修理腐烂的房梁。 i got most of them. thanks 我校准备开办免费英语角活动，邀请本地西人及各界致力于华人英语培训的人士参加，不知罗大卫是否感兴趣？
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