九个经常被搞错的商务英语 商务英语培训

　　对于 John 来说换到一间新公司就象是新的开始一样。
　　The proposal is to pay everything you owe, so that you can start with a clean slate.建议你还清所有的债务，这样你就能够重新开始了。
　　6.have a bone to pick with…
　　从字面上来解释就是挑骨头的意思，实际上形容一些争议、抱怨。与…有争端需要解决；对…有意见；对…有理由怀恨[有时用作戏谑语]。
　　该短语多用于日常生活，不宜用于重大而严肃的争论。
　　例句 The article Ashley wrote is so perfect that there’s no bone to pick.
　　Ashley 所写的文章完美到无可挑剔。
　　Honey, I have a bone to pick with you. Could you tell me what you want to buy when you ask me to accompany you shopping?
　　亲爱的，我对你有点小抱怨，你叫我陪你去买东西时能不能告诉我你想买些什么？
　　7. a cake walk
　　容易的事。走去吃蛋糕，形容就像走去吃蛋糕这件事一样容易的事情。
　　例句 For me, giving a speech in front of a thousand people is a cake walk.

　　对我来说，要在一千人面前演讲易如反掌。
　　It is such a cake walk ; I can finish it in an hour.
　　这是一件简单的事，我能在一小时做完。
　　8. a shot in the dark
　　在黑夜里的射击，就在形容一个人盲目臆测、瞎猜。
　　例句 Guessing what the customers need without a proper market survey is like a shot in the dark.
　　在不做正确的市场调查的情况下就盲目臆测顾客的需求，简直犹如乱枪打鸟。
　　I didn‘t know.I was only a shot in the dark.
　　我不知道。那只是我瞎猜的。
　　9. a slap in the face
　　在脸上挨了一耳光，形容在公众面前被羞辱、或是当头棒喝的意思。
　　例句 He got a slap in the face in front of all his classmates.
　　他在所有同学面前被公然羞辱。
　　I’ve told all my colleagues that I would become the manager but it was a slap in the face to hear that my friend instead of me got promoted.
　　我告诉了所有的同事我会晋升成经理，结果听说是我的朋友代替我去做经理，简直太打脸了。