● It is no u +Gerund = It is of no u + Infinitive
It is no u talking about it. (It is no u dong. = It is no good doing) It is of no u to talk about it. It is uless to talk about it.
More examples:
It is no u crying over spilt milk.（覆水难收。）
It is no u your trying to deceive me.（你休想欺骗我。）
It is no good talking about the greatness of our country, unless we do something to make it great.
● Something (much) of; nothing (little) of
Something of = to some extent (“Something” is somewhat derogatory)
He is something of a philosopher.
He is nothing of a musician.
He is very much of a poet.（他大有诗人气派。）
He is little of a scholar.（他几无学者风度。）
More examples:
They say that he had no university education, but he ems to be something of a scholar.
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He has no much education, but he ems to be very much of a gentleman.
That’s too much of a good thing.
If he is anything of a gentleman, he will keep his promi, I should think.
There was only a wooden latch to his door, becau he had been too much of a skinflint to pay for one of the new iron lacks to be fixed on.
● (a) noun (A) + of + (a) noun (B)
It was a great mountain of a wave.
a devil of a man, a rascal of a fellow, an awful fool of a woman, to catch a death of a cold…
More examples:
Tho pigs of boys eat so much.
He was a fine figure of a young man.（他是位翩翩佳公子。）
I’ve got the devil of a toothache.（我牙痛不堪。）
I would make the deuce of a scandal.（这会弄得声名狼藉的。）
She was an angel of a wife.（她是一位天仙一般的妻子。）
He was a big clumsy giant of a man with a broad face and small suspicious eyes.
The child is a treasure of a son.
He lives in a palace of a hou.
Your fool of a husband said so.
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She is an old blackguard of a woman.
● of one’s own doing
It is a plan of his own making.
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It is a poem of his own composing. (It is a poem compod by himlf.)采购单
This profession is of my own choosing.
Usually that which a man calls fate is a web of his own weaving, from threads of his own spinning (Doyle)
● have + the + abstract noun + infinitive
I had the fortune to succeed. (I was so fortunate as to succeed. I was fortunate enough to succeed.)
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She had the cheek (impudence) to say such a thing. (she was so impudent as to say such a thing.)
How can you have the heart to drown such darling little kittens? (How can you be so hard-hearted as to drown such darling little kittens?)
Will you have the goodness (kindness) to do it for me? (Will you be so kind as to do it for me?)
He had the courage to express his opinion.
骆组词That wretch has had the audacity to touch my children’s doll. (V. Hugo)
● noun (adjective or verb) + as + subject + verb
Child as she was, she was more than a match for him.
Strange as it may sound, it is true.
Try as you may, you will never succeed.（你尽可以试试看，不过你决难成功。）
More examples:
Young as he is, it is but natural that he should commit such a mistake.
● Verbs
1. may well + verb (may well: have good reason; reasonably)
and well + subject + may (and with reason)
He may well be proud of his success.（他获得那样的成功是很可以骄傲的。）
He is proud of his success, and well he may.（他对于自己的成功感到骄傲，也是应该的。）
More examples:
You may well say so.（你很有理由这样说。）
You may well refu him.（你拒绝他是对的。）
He was proud of his feat, and well he might.
The good lady was in an ecstasy of delight. And well might she be proud of her boy. (N. Hawthorne)
2. may as well…as;（可能的事）
might as well…as（不可能的事）
You may as well call a cat a little tiger as call a tiger a big cat.（你如把虎叫做大猫，同样也无妨把猫叫做小虎。）与竹子有关的诗
You might as well throw your money away as spend it in gambling.（你要把钱花在赌博上，还不如丢掉的好。）
One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly.（与其一知半解，不如完全不知的好。）
I may as well go at once.（省略句）（比had better语气强）(我还是马上去的好。)
More examples:
You may as well (had better) begin at once.
You might as well throw your money into the a as lend it to him.（你借钱给他，不啻把钱丢在海里。）
Friendship is a va, which, if it is cracked by accident, may as well be broken at once.
You might as well expect the sun to ri in the west as expect me to change my opinion.开封西司夜市
3. cannot help + gerund
cannot but + bare infinitive
I cannot help admiring his courage.
I cannot but admire his courage.
我对于他的勇气不胜佩服。
More examples:
I could not but laugh on eing such a funny sight.
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