3月13日商务英语
2009年03月13日
fussbudget; Fur will fly!
今日单词：
| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| fussbudget | 吹毛求疵者（名词，非正式、幽默用语） | (noun, INFORMAL NEGATIVE HUMOROUS) A person who is overly concerned with details, and may be given to complaining about the inadequacies of everyone else (NOTE: not related to "budget" in accounting) | EXAMPLE: The office manager was an old fussbudget who never believed that any of her employees did adequate work, so they often became discouraged and quit. 经理一贯吹毛求疵，从不相信员工能把工作做好，所以员工们也心灰意冷，纷纷辞职。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| Fur will fly! | 闹翻天 | Mildly humorous expression meaning "there will be a big, explosive argument" (reference to pieces of fur bursting from a fight such as between dogs and cats) | EXAMPLE: If I come home late after the office party without first telephoning my wife, I know that fur will fly! 如果我在公司聚会后回家晚了，又没有打电话通知太太，她肯定会闹翻天。 |
