74、 Under warranty 在保修期内
A：Oh! Is this recorder still under warranty?
B：It should be. I bought it only one month ago. Now it refuses to work these days.
A：It must be poor quality. A：噢！这台录音机还在保修期内？
B：应该是。我一个月前刚买了它，可这些天它就不好使了。 A：一定是质量太差了。
75、 Too (clever) by half 可太聪明啦（贬义）；聪明过了头
A：He thought he could get Mr. Green’s money in his pocket but he lost all, he was too clever by half.
B：The fact is he never realizes that. He always starts out tricking others and ends up being tricked.
A：That’s the point. He once lost his briefcase by asking a “blind man” to take care of it for him.
A：他以为自己能把格林先生的钱据为己有，但却一分也没得到，他可是聪明过头了。
B：事实是他从没有认识到这一点。他总是开始时骗别人，到最后却被别人骗。 A：对啦，这才是要害。他曾丢过一个公文包，原因是让一个“盲人”帮他看包。 76、 (not)a shirt to one’s back 一无所有 A：Mrs. Brown deserve everybody’s pity. B：I heard she became a widow last summer. A：And a fire left her without a shirt to her back. B：Bad luck.
A：布朗夫人值得大家同情。
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B：我听说去年夏天她丈夫死了。 A：并且一场大火使她一无所有。 B：真倒霉！
77、 Cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth 量力而78、 为 A：Can we buy a house of our own, dear?
B：Not now. We have to rent house for a few more years. A：The price is reasonable at present. What if prices rise? B：My salary isn’t very large at the moment and we have nowhere to borrow much. We must cut our coat according to our cloth.
A：亲爱的，我们能买自己的房子吗？ B：现在不行。我们必须再租几年房子。
A：现在的房价挺合理。如果房价上涨该怎么办呢？
B：我现在的工资不高而且我们也没有地方借钱。我们必须量力而为。 79、 Die in one’s boots 工作时死去 A：Has your father retired?
B：Not yet. He hates to stay at home. A：He’s old enough, isn’t he?
B：Yes, he is. But he says he would rather die in his house. A：你的父亲退休了吗？ B：还没有。他讨厌呆在家里。 A：他太老了，不是吗？
B：是的。但是他说他宁愿在工作中死去。
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