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流浪红舞鞋

覆水难收

虫虫猫

我想，我使劲想，就不搜索。。。。。     

伊连

象桥下的流水一样，过去了。

topspeed

想出来了没啊，    。这小盆友也挺逗的哈

虫虫猫

引用第1273楼topspeed于2009-12-10 13:12发表的 回 1271楼(虫虫猫) 的帖子 :
想出来了没啊，    。这小盆友也挺逗的哈

急嘛急嘛~~

虫虫猫

静水深流       

topspeed

       这是你使劲想的啊，哈哈哈哈。小盆友来逗乐了。

晃晃

引用第1264楼晃晃于2009-12-09 22:33发表的  :
That's water under the bridge.

这句话用汉语怎么表达我没有答案，大家琢磨，呵呵！这里把它的上下文给出来。
一点背景，Emma和Connor曾经是恋人，后来Connor被Emma dump（请注意dump的用法）了。他俩在一起时，Emma有时为了迎合Connor而不坦率地说出自己的想法，例如因为Connor喜欢爵士乐而说自己也喜欢，经常被Connor兴致勃勃地拉去听爵士乐。下面是他们分手后在一次聚会上又见面的部分情景：
"Emma", Connor clears his throat as though he's about to start a formal speech. "I get the feeling that you weren't always ... totally honest with me in our relationship."
This could be the understatement of the year.
"You're right," I admit, shamefaced. "Oh, God, Connor, I'm really really sorry about everything that happened ---"
He lifts a hand with a look of dignity. "It doesn't matter. That's water under the bridge. But I'd be grateful if you were totally honest with me now."

伊连

谢谢晃晃的解释！有上下文就好理解多了。
我的经验是，在英文的上下文环境下，掌握得会更扎实，更准确！

If something belongs to the past  and isn't important or troubling any more, it is water under the bridge.

Example:
- "Aren't you still angry about what he said?"
- "No, that was a long time ago. It's all water under the bridge."
也就是，当我们不再计较过去的不愉快或冲突时，我们可以说: it is all water under the bridge.

伊连

这段故事也很有意思，如果在我们的文化背景下，似乎是被迎合的一方感到感激，而不是迎合别人的人反过来道歉。哈哈，文化差异啊。