校园英语口语习惯用语 第130期:go through hell or high water

go through hell or high water 赴汤蹈火

【讲解】

hell本义为“地狱”，比喻“苦难的经历或事情”，例如:make one's life a hell on earth(使人活受罪）high water本义是“河、湖的高水位”，引申为河水暴涨。go through hell or high water意为“出生人死,经历重重困难”。

【对话】

A:You still want to go home this Christmas?

A:这个圣诞节你还打算回家吗？

B:Yes, of course.

B：恩，当然了。

A:It's care for the young people today to be so homewistful.

A:现在的年轻人很少这么恋家。

B:Ours is a very close family, whatever happens to one of them, sickness, money trouble, anything, the rest of them come to help. They'd go through hell or high water for each other.

B:我们家人之间的关系非常密切，不管是谁发生什么事，生病也好，缺钱花也好，无论什么，每个人都会来帮忙。不管家里谁有了困难，大家都会为他赴汤蹈火的。