Not worth a quid: This means that something is of very little or no value. It implies that the item or service in question is not worth even a small amount of money; in this instance, the currency context is the pound. Quids in: This means to be in a profitable or advantageous posit...
62、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.手中的一只鸟胜于林中的两只鸟。 63、A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 64、A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。 65、A burden of one’s choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 66、A good name is easier...
Some of the things that we found out was that it was 4 pence to stay in a “doss house” for the night (in a shared bed), or you could pay 2 pence to sleep standing up with your arms over a rope. The rope would be cut down at 6 a.m. This is where the term “hangover”...
A tomato, for example, can produce £50-£150 worth of fruit. It takes up a lot of space but that' s a lot of money coming out of a 50-pence seed (种子)! So if I had known earlier what each plant could save us, I would have told my parents to fill our garden with ...