grit one's teeth

2013年4月5日 星期五

"grit your teeth " means
1. to decide to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation. You may as well grit your teeth and accept that air travel is going to get worse before it gets better.
2. to deal with something in a determined way. When a test came along, I just gritted my teeth and studied harder because I knew I had to improve my grades.

take sth as gospel

2013年3月29日 星期五

to "accept/take something as gospel (truth)" means to believe that something is completely true.

Eg.You shouldn't accept as gospel everything you read in the newspapers.

be on cloud nine (非常開心)

2013年3月15日 星期五

"be on cloud nine" means to be very happy.
 
Eg. For a few days after I heard I'd got the job, I was on cloud nine.

Every cloud has a silver lining. 塞翁失馬,焉知非福

2013年3月1日 星期五

"Every cloud has a silver lining." -----something that you say which means that there is something good even in an unpleasant situation.  Eg.As the trip's been cancelled I'll be able to go to the match this Saturday. Every cloud has a silver lining.