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milk /mɪlk/► SEE ALLthe milk of human kindnessit’s no good/use crying over spilt milkmilk/suck sb/sth drya/the land of milk and honey
●the milk of human ˈkindnesskind feelings 人的善良天性◆There’s not much of the milk of human kindness in him. I’ve never known such a hard man.
他没有什么恻隐之心，我从来没见过这么冷酷的人。 ORIGIN This expression comes from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. 这个表达法源于莎士比亚戏剧《麦克佩斯》。●it’s no good/use crying over spilt ˈmilk (saying) it is a waste of time worrying, complaining or feeling sad about sth which is done and cannot be changed 木已成舟，哭也无用；无益的后悔；已成定局的事后悔也于事无补◆His decision to resign was disappointing, but it’s no use crying over spilt milk. We need to concentrate on finding someone to replace him.他辞职的决定令人失望，可是事已至此，无可挽回，我们需把精力放到寻找接替他的人上。●milk/suck sb/sth ˈdryget from sb/sth all the money, help, information, etc. they have, usually giving nothing in return 榨干…的钱财；耗尽…的精力；索尽…的信息◆It was only later that we found out he’d milked his grandmother dry of all her money before she died.我们后来才知道他祖母去世之前他已经榨干了她所有的积蓄。●a/the land of ˌmilk and ˈhoneya place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy 富饶的乐土；丰裕之地◆She had always longed to travel to the United States and to see what she imagined as the land of milk and honey.她一直想去美国旅行，看一看这片想象中的乐土。 ORIGIN This phrase comes from the Bible, referring to the Promised Land. 这个短语源于《圣经》，指“应许之地”。 |