商务英语综合辅导:无论如何

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       Come hell or high water
  Angela: "Will you be at the family reunion next year?"
  Andy: "Yes- we'll be there, come hell or high water!"
  安吉拉:明年全家团聚,你们会来吗?
  安 迪:会,我们会来—不管任何情况发生!
  "Come hell or high water" makes clear that some future event will happen and no other event will stop it from happening.
  中文意思:无论如何;不管什么事情发生。
  Skeletons in the closet
  Angela: "He's a very popular senator but he will never be elected president; he has too many skeletons in the closet."
  安吉拉:他是个很受欢迎的参议院,但是他永远也不会被选为总统,他有很多丑事。
  "Skeletons in the closet" are things about your past which you would prefer not to tell to other people.
  中文意思:家丑;丑事。