迷你对话学地道口语第74期:左右逢源

　　迷你对话：
A:May doesn't get along very well with her mother-in-law.
玫和她的婆媳相处不好。
B:Yeah. That's just what is troubling John.
是呀，那就是John烦心的事情。
A:Poor John! He isbettering bother sides of this bread.
可怜的John！他要两头做人。
B:This situation isn't easy to handle.
这可真不好办。
地道表达：
butter bother sides of one's bread
小编讲解：
butter是动词，意思是“将黄油涂于面包上”，这个习语的字面意思就是“把里面和外面都涂上黄油”，引申为“左右逢源”。
支持范例：
Eg.Later, he married the richest girl in the town, and then his bread was buttered on both sides.
后来，他娶了全城最富有的姑娘，这就使他左右逢源，大走其运。
Eg.It does not do for a man in my position to butter on both sides of bread.
处在我这个位子的男人不左右逢源可不行。
Eg.What seems to have occurred¹ is that the Soviet² sought to butter on both sides of bread.
已经发生的情况是，苏联人试图左右逢源。
词海拾贝：
get along well with：相处得好
Eg.Feel for others and you will get along well with your friends.
将心比心，就能与朋友融洽地相处。
Eg.In spite³ of his shortcoming, I get along well with him.
尽管他有缺点，可我与他相处很好。
Eg.I just didn't do well in school and I didn't get along with teachers.
我在学校成绩很不好，跟老师也合不来。
Eg.The two of them get along well because they always shoot square with each other.
他们俩相处很好，因为他们一向彼此以诚相见。

1 occurred   

v.发生(occur 的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions. 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
• These changes have occurred over a long time span. 这些变化经过了很长一段时间才形成。

2 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

3 spite   

n.（用于短语）虽然，不顾，尽管

参考例句：

• He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高，但思想观念却很入时。
• In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气，说的话还是有节制的。