習語怎麼說？
　　The long and short of it 概括地說
　　例句
　　-Do you know why John left our company?
　　 你知道約翰為甚麼離開我們公司了嗎？
　　-It’s a complicated story but the long and short of it is that he transferred a large sum of money wrongly.
　　這事很複雜，但大概說來，他錯轉了一大筆資金。
　　
Have seen better days 有過好日子
　　例句
　　-Why do you think Mrs. Thomas married Mr. Thomas? He’s short, skinny and ugly.
　　你猜托馬斯太太為甚麼要嫁給托馬斯先生？他又矮、又瘦、又醜。
　　-He’s certainly very poor now, but I think he’s seen better days.
　　他現在確實很窮，可我想他還是有過好時光吧。
　　為甚麼這麼說？
　
　Girl Friday
　　忠實可靠（不可或缺）的婦女助理
　　Girl Friday出自《魯賓遜漂流記》中一個名為Friday（星期五）的忠心耿耿的僕人。後來有人開始以man/boy Friday稱呼如「星期五」般忠心的男傭人。

　　成語巧說
A bad bush is better than an open field.
　　 有勝於無。