【今日短语】
只身单干Go it alone
To go it alone 可形容一个人做事情自己做，没有其他人的帮忙，单干。
例句
1. Now that I have enough experience, I've decided to go it alone and start my own business.
2. I'm not ready to go it alone yet. I need another few years working in this company to gain more experience.
请注意：Alone 做形容词时可表达很多意思，其中包括“某人感到孤单，孤苦伶仃的；独自的；单独的，等等。
例句
1. After she left me, I felt completely alone.
2. I enjoy being alone sometimes.
3. Just the dress alone is going to break my bank, never mind the shoes to go with it
【今日小常识】
A popular saying in business circles is that you will never become rich by working for someone el.
在商界里有一个流行的说法：如果你总为别人打工，你永远也富不起来。
【今日短语】
没问题 No sweat
No sweat 是一个非常口语化的表达，意思是指什么事情很容易，举手之劳，没问题。例句
1. "Can you take the rubbish out for me?" "Sure, no sweat!"
2. "We only have tea to drink, is that OK?" "Yeah, no sweat."
请注意：另一个短语 to sweat blood 和 no sweat 的意思正好相反，指为了办成什么事情而做出了很大的努力，花了很多心血。
例句
1. We sweated blood to get the project done on time.
【今日小常识】
Sweat allows the human body to regulate its temperature. Men sweat more than women andhumans sweat more than most other animals. Dogs have relatively few sweat glands andmoderate their temperature by panting.
出汗是人体调节体温的正常反映。男人比女人更容易出汗，而人类比大多数动物都更容易出汗。狗的汗腺较少，它们是通过舌头喘气来调节体温。
【今日短语】
别着急Hold your hors
在英语里，我们常用 hold your hors 这个短语来告诉别人先别着急，应停下来仔细考虑他们对某件事情的看法或意见。
例句
1.Hold your hors! You've only known her for a week. It's waytoo soon to think
about marriage!
2. Hold your hors! You shouldn't quit your job just becau you've had one bad day. Things might get better.
3. Hold your hors! Getting a tattoo on your face might em like a good idea no w, but you'llhave to live with it for the rest of your life.
请注意：To hold your own 的意思是和别人一样成功。
例句
1. It was a fierce debate but Kate really held her own. It's difficult to say who won.【今日小常识】
The history of the domestication of hors is disputed, but there is evidence that h ors werebeing ud as a means of transport over 4,000 years ago.
到底是从什么时候开始马被人类驯养尚存争议。但有证据显示，早在四千年前马就被用来作为运输工具了。
【今日短语】
承担责任 To fall on your sword
【今日短语】
Fall on your sword 的字面意思是“摔倒在自己的剑上”，实际要表达的含义是某人为一组人的行动造成的不良后果承担责任。
例句
1. He doesn't think he's to blame – but he's falling on his swordanyway.
2. She's going to resign - she's falling on her sword even though it's not her fault.
3. He is the boss – it's only right he's falling on his sword this time.
请注意：另一个意思相似的短语是 to take some flak - 受到很多批评。
例句
1. She always takes some flak for things. Even when it's not her fault.
【今日小常识】
The honour of a Knighthood in the United Kingdom comes from the days of medi eval chivalry. TheKing or Queen touches the person who is going to be knighted o n the shoulders with a sword.
在英国授予荣誉骑士爵位勋章源于中世纪的骑士制度。仪式的形式是在位的君主手持宝剑在授勋骑士的左右肩膀上点拍一下。
【今日短语】
再次振作起来 Second wind
当我们形容某人有 a cond wind 的时候，这就是说他们恢复了精力，再次崛起或继续做什么事情。
例句
1. I usually feel a bit tired after lunch but get a cond windaround 4pm.
2. Obrvers said Barack Obama was judged to have lost the first Presidential deb ate withRepublican challenger Mitt Romney, but got a cond wind in the cond and third debate.
请注意：To throw caution to the wind 意思是把顾虑和担忧都抛在脑后，大胆的去做事。有时候也指办事欠考虑。
1. Sometimes you have to throw caution to the wind and go with your heart. Do w hat you believein.
2. You know what? I'm going to throw caution to the wind and bet all my money o n thatracehor. I think it's going to win.
【今日小常识】
