A big deal 了不起的事
A dealer shuffles a deck of cards during the World Series of poker in Las Vegas. Photo: AP/ Julie Jacobson
今日小常識
The earliest known playing cards are from 9th Century China. The widely-used French design of today has 52 cards and four 'suits': clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades.
游戲牌被認為起源于九世紀的中國。如今廣泛使用的52張法式‘撲克牌’分為四種花色 suits: clubs 梅花、 diamonds 方塊、 hearts 紅心、還有 spades 黑桃。
今日短語
短語 a big deal 常被用來形容某人或某個情況、形勢非常重要。
例句
It's obviously a big deal to her to get a promotion first because she can move up in the company faster than anybody else in the team.
I just couldn't understand why they quarrelled so much over the colour of a picture frame - it's not a big deal!
請注意
短語 a big no-no 用來形容絕對不能做或不應該做的事情。
Wearing jeans is a big no-no in a posh restaurant.
Arriving late and leaving early is a big no-no at our workplace.
