迷你对话学地道口语第755期:得饶人处且饶人,放人一马

 　　Subject：Get off the doggie’s tail.

　　迷你对话

　　A: That guy betrayed me. I hate him very much. It’s not enough to just let him go bankrupt.

　　那个家伙背叛了我。我非常憎恨他，仅仅让他破产是不够的。

　　B: Enough, Terry. Get off the doggie’s tail.

　　Terry，够了。得饶人处且饶人吧，放他一马吧。

　　地道表达

　　get off the doggie’s tail

　　1. 解词释义

　　此俚语的意思是“得饶人处且饶人，放别人一马”。用于劝诫那些为已经过去的事情或人耿耿于怀，甚至还怀有报复心理的人。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　A: She speak ill of me behind my back. I will find some opportunity to teach her a lesson.

　　她在我背后说我的坏话，我回去找到个机会报复她的。

　　B: Come on, it is not a big deal. And she made a apology to you for it. Get off the doggie’s tail.

　　得了吧，又不是什么大事情。她已经为此事向你表示道歉了，就得饶人处且饶人吧。

　　Ps 1: 表示“仅仅做某事是不够的。”可以用下面这个句型：It is not just enough to do something. “仅仅”二字的翻译可以用副词just，表示强调。例如：

　　It is not enough just to eat a healthy diet.

　　仅仅靠一份健康的食谱是不够的。

　　Ps 2：go bankrupt的意思是“破产，倒闭”。例如：

　　Their backs are to the wall. If they don't find another creditor¹, they will go bankrupt.

　　他们的处境困难, 如果找不到另一个贷款的人，他们就要破产。

　　It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.

　　我们是否会破产还很难说。

1 creditor   

n.债仅人，债主，贷方

参考例句：

• The boss assigned his car to his creditor.那工头把自己的小汽车让与了债权人。
• I had to run away from my creditor whom I made a usurious loan.我借了高利贷不得不四处躲债。