Goodies英文學堂︱Elbow grease(肘子上的肥油)是甚麼?即睇idiom意思/例句/小測驗

更新時間:12:00 2026-10-03 HKT
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英文詞彙的用法靈活多變,僅僅記着某個單字的意思,往往不足以理解整句句子。《星島教育》精選多個有趣的Idioms(慣用語),拆解含義之餘,亦提供例句與小測驗,方便小朋友理解。今期將會介紹「Bite your tongue」,字面上的意思是「咬舌頭」,但實際意義卻不是如此!

意思

To work very hard, especially physically (費勁苦幹)

例句

  1.  You'll need a lot of elbow grease to move that fridge up the stairs.  (「要把那台冰箱搬上樓梯,你可得費好大一番力氣。」)
  2.  Irma put a lot of elbow grease into painting the entire wall. (Irma費了很多力氣,才把整面牆粉刷完。)

小測驗

Sam says it took “a lot of elbow grease” to complete his project. What does he mean?(答案在文末)

  1. He used a lot of oil 
  2. He worked really hard to finish the project
  3. He used his elbows
Elbow grease(肘子上的肥油)
Elbow grease(肘子上的肥油)

答案:2

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