每日学英语:A hair in the butter 具有挑战性的情況

1970-01-01 08:00:00  每日学英语
“a hair in the butter”别理解成“黄油中的一根头发”,其正确的含义是具有挑战性的情況,难以解决的窘境。

【例句】
Things were going smoothly enough on our road trip until we found out that every hotel in town was booked for the night. Talk about a hair in the butter!
在我们的公路旅行中,事情进行得足够顺利,直到我们发现镇上的每家酒店都被预订了一晚。真是具有挑战性的情况啊!

Forgetting my textbook at school has proved to be a real hair in the butter for my study plans.
事实证明,在学校忘记带课本对我的学习计划来说是一个难以解决的窘境。

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