Chips are often paired with cod to make the traditional British meal 'fish and chips'. Photo: BBC
今日小常识
What the British call 'chips' are known in the United States as 'French fries'. Potatoes can be mashed, boiled or made into flat, thin, round, fried slices called 'crisps'.
英国人称薯条为 chips, 而在美国人们将其称为 French fries. 土豆有很多做法,可以 mashed 捣烂成泥,boiled 水煮,或是做成油炸薯片 crisps.
今日短语
如果我们说某物 as cheap as chips 和薯条一样便宜,那意思就是此物非常廉价。
例句
People keep asking my mother which designer created her beautiful party dress. In fact she bought it at a street market. It was as cheap as chips.
Mobile phones used to be very expensive. Today they are as cheap as chips.
请注意
短语 let the chips fall where they may 的意思是不管后果如何,由它去吧。
I know you think investing in that company is risky, but I think we should do it. Let the chips fall where they may.