“know which side your bread is buttered(on)”是指?
(A)保持乾淨
(B)知道什麼對自己最有利
(A)保持乾淨
(B)知道什麼對自己最有利
通常吃麵包塗奶油,都只會塗一面。如果知道哪一面是塗了奶油的麵包,就不會把手弄髒。所以這句是指“知道什麼對自己最有利”,正確答案是 (B)。
例句:John won't
refuse to come with us. He knows which side his bread is buttered.
這句話意思是「強生知道自己的利益所在,善於為自己打算。」
這句話意思是「強生知道自己的利益所在,善於為自己打算。」
如果有同事想辭職,這年頭工作難找,可以勸他:
I just hope you know which side your bread is buttered on. Nowadays, good jobs are hard to come by.
I just hope you know which side your bread is buttered on. Nowadays, good jobs are hard to come by.
(參考資料:世界公民文化中心)
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