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Today, Adam is back from a vacation in Hawaii (manual envy!). ), and then sent a message saying i caught the sun.
I'm a little curious, what strange hobby do you have that you actually go after the sun? What the hell does that mean?
"Catch the sun" is not "chasing the sun"! I'm not praising the father, 囧.
to catch the sun means to get sunburned.
Sun is the sun, burn means burning, so sunburned means burned by the sun, the so-called tan, sunburn.
English example sentences:
① look at the color of you! you really caught the sun, didn’t you?
Look at your skin color! You're really going "chasing the sun" (sunburned), aren't you?
② pack yourself some sunscreen so that you don't catch the sun on your trip.
Bring some sunscreen so you don't get sunburned during your trip.
Hay means hay, and a straightforward look at make hay while the sun shine means that when the sun comes out, you dry the hay.
to make the most of an opportunity when it is available.
It's really about making the most of the existing environment or opportunities.
① - while my husband's on business, i'm going to lie on the bed and binge-watch all the tv series he wouldn’t allow me to watch.
- why not? make hay while the sun shines.
- While my husband is on a business trip, I'm going to lie in bed and frantically chase the sentences he won't let me see.
- Why not? Hurry up and take advantage of this great opportunity!
This expression I hear a lot in gossip news, it means everything has been done before.
In other words, it is not unusual to see anything under the sun, it has happened before.
Take a look at the English example sentences and feel their context and usage scenes.
① - god, that action film’s plot was so thin that i can't even remember what it was all about.
- yep, it was a standard action film, all right—there's nothing new under the sun."
- Oh my God, the plot of that action movie is too thin! I don't even remember what was said.
- Yes, it's a standard action movie, nothing new.
② - toooo shocking! three prominent entrepreneurs have been convicted of fraud.
- that's not shocking. there's nothing new under the sun.
- Shocking! Three prominent entrepreneurs were convicted of fraud.
- This is not shocking. Nothing new under the sun.
Well, this is the expression of sun today, you know, "catch the sun" is not to "chase the sun", ah, do you think you are "praise father"? Ha ha!
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