杜小样丶
老生常谈用英语怎么说a commonplace talk of an old scholar; a standing dish; be a mere platitude; cut and dried [dry]; a home truth都有老生常谈的意思
Toffee0528
每一种语言都有一些成语警句心灵鸡汤常用语，深入民心而植根于民间。不过，有些句子被滥用过度以后，便蜕化成“老生常谈”（cliche）了，如：One in a million: 万里挑一（另一种意思则是：一百万人中的一员） 如何盘活这些老生常谈呢？请看例句： My wife, she told me I was one in a million. I found out that she was right. 我老婆说一百万人里才有一个我。我发现她说得对极了！ 另一个老生常谈是“the one”（独一无二的那一位）。可以利用“one”的意思来做文章：I was lucky I married “the one.” On a scale of one to ten, he was the one. 我很幸运与“那一位”结了婚。从一到十范围内，他是那“一”位。再看下面这一句：I slept like a log last night. I woke up in the fireplace. 昨晚我熟睡得像根木头。醒来时我是在壁炉里的！ Sleep like a log是一个老生常谈，指熟睡不醒。句子巧妙地还原了log的原意（木头），想像壁炉里的木头怎么睡觉的？肯定是在壁炉里面嘛！哇！光阴似箭！该下班啦！How time flies like an arrow（又是老生常谈）！下班之前，怎么盘活这个老生常谈？Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 光阴似箭，果蝇喜欢香蕉。
