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give him the runaround

Rob 特别想参加马拉松赛，但报名申请过程很艰难。 他说主办方 “give him the runaround 让他跑来跑去”（实际表达的意思是 “不愿意帮忙，打发人，搪塞人”。）

词组必背

And they won't give me a straight answer.

他们没有给直接回复

They just keep giving me the runaround.

一直敷衍我

that makes sense. 那可以理解 / 有道理。

If you give someone the runaround，it means you “behave in an unhelpful way” 没有帮助的行为，无意义的帮忙。

Examples 句型练习

1.When I called the bank to ask for a loan,they just gave me the runaround.

我打电话给银行章申请贷款，被敷衍了。

2.Don't be given the runaround this time.

这次别被搪塞了。

3.She went to the hospital to get the results of her test（检查结果）, but she just got the runaround.

Now she’s going to make a formal complaint.（提起正式投诉）

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laughing all the way to the bank

英英解释：  make a lot of money easily and feel very pleased about it:

If I "laugh all the way to the bank",

it just means "I have made lots of money very easily".  对轻而易举赚到的钱，很满意。

口语小对话

Something funny, Rob?

yes actually. I've had some luck.

Tell me more

Examples 句型练习

1.The price of the shares has risen and I've doubled my money.  I'm laughing all the way to the bank.

股价大涨，我赚了双倍的钱。

2.Since we bought it, the price of our house has greatly increased. So when we come to sell it, we'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

自从我们买了这个房，它的房价一直涨。

当我们卖掉它时，一定会赚很多钱。

坚持/地道英语Day1笔记