lemon = something defective 废物,没用的东西
范例对话:
A: Have you seen Joanne's new car yet?
你看见Joanne的新车了吗?
B: Yeah. It looks good, but she's had nothing but problems with it.
车看起来很棒,但是她开车遇到了很多麻烦。
A: That's too bad. It sounds like she got a real lemon.
那太糟糕了。听起来她很没用。
B: She sure did! No sooner did she drive it home from the dealer's than it proved defective and started breaking down.
确实如此,她刚将车从销售商开回家,证明车没问题时,车就出问题了。