迷你对话学地道口语第241期:小题大做

　　迷你对话：
A: I am so bored all day.
我烦死了。
B: Why?
怎么了？
A: Jack¹ borrowed a large of money from me and didn’t pay me back.
杰克借了我一大笔钱，还没有还给我。
B: Don’t make a mountain out of molehill. I am sure he will do that on his payday.
别小题大做了，我相信发薪水的那天他会还给你的。
地道表达：
make a mountain out of molehill
解词释义：
molehill本义为“鼠丘”，是指“有老鼠挖掘洞所挖出的土堆成的”，以此来形容少；mountain是指“山”，自然多，大的意思。所以该习语有“小题大做”的意思，与汉语的“小题大做”基本对等，但是文化色彩有差异。此语也可以用作make mountains out of molehill。
支持范例：
I am sure she'll give you the money back, so there's no need to start making a mountain out of a molehill.
我相信她会把钱还你的,所以没有必要小题大作。
You're not hurt badly.Stop trying to make a mountain out of a molehill with crying.
你伤得并不重，不要大惊小怪地嚷嚷，小题大做了。
词海拾贝：
1. all day：整天
Eg. He's been working hard all day.
他已经辛苦地工作了一整天。
Eg. I' ve been on the run all day and I' m exhausted².
我整天忙个不停, 疲于奔命.
Eg. I have thought of it all day while I have been drinking.
整整一天，我一面喝酒，一面在琢磨这件事。
Eg. All day he did nothing but contemplate³.
他整天除了沉思外没做任何事。
2. pay back：还钱给，偿还
Eg. The court made a ruling that he should pay back the money to her.
法庭裁定他应偿还她那笔钱。
Eg. Can you engage that he can pay back the money in due time?
你能担保他能如期还清欠款吗?
Eg. The company can not pay back the loan.
这家公司偿还不了贷款。
Eg. He will pay back the money in monthly installment⁴.
他将按月分期付款的方式偿还。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

3 contemplate   

vt.盘算，计议；周密考虑；注视，凝视

参考例句：

• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。
• The consequences would be too ghastly to contemplate.后果不堪设想。

4 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。