第一,迷你对话
A: I'm down and out. Could you lend me some money?
我现在是一文不名,借我点儿钱好吗?
B: What? I heard you had won a lot of money during your vacation.
什么?我听说假期时你赢了不少钱。
A: Oh, it's gone already. Easy come, easy go, you know.
哦,都花光了。你也知道,来得容易去得快。
第二,词海拾贝
Easy come, easy go.
exp. When something is easily obtained, it is typically lost just as easily. (来得容易,去得快)
e.g. Of course you found a $10 on the street and immediately spent it—easy come, easy go!
当然啦,你在街上捡到10美元,马上就花掉了——来得容易去得也快!
e.g. Ann found twenty dollars in the morning and spent it foolishly at noon. "Easy come, easy go," she said.
Ann早上捡到20美元,中午便愚蠢地花掉了。她说:“来得容易去得快。”。
e.g. John spends his money as fast as he can earn it. With John it's easy come, easy go.
John花钱和他挣钱一样快。对于他来说,来得容易去得也快。
第三,语汇积累
down and out:贫困潦倒的,被击倒不能再战的
e.g. Her father has been down and out ever since the factory closed.
自从工厂关闭后,她的父亲一直贫困潦倒,灰心丧志。
e.g. Mr Foley was down and out after he lost many friends.
Foley先生失去许多朋友之后变得穷困潦倒。