a bad penny

英音[ ə bæd ˈpeni ] 美音[ ə bæd ˈpeni ]
反复出现的讨厌的人
常用释义
反复出现的讨厌的人;一再出现的不需要的人

例句

1·A bad penny always turns up.

烂钱总是会再回笼。

2·Bill seldom goes to our pub these days yet he always turns up like a bad penny when there is free food on darts night.

比尔最近很少来我们的酒店,然而晚上的掷镖游戏上有免费食品供应时,他总是会来的。

3·The Solution: While I agree that you shouldn’t be a miserly Scrooge and save every penny because it physically hurts you to spend it, going the other extreme is just as bad.

策略:我同意说你不该是个吝啬的守财奴,存下每一分钱,一花钱你就觉得受到伤害,但是走向另一个极端也是不好的。

4·We humans are a superstitious lot, believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck and finding a penny is good luck.

我们人类是非常迷信的生物,相信13号的星期五代表厄运,而捡到一分钱则代表将有好运。

5·Penny: No, but it's almost as bad. They have agreed on a trial separation.

彭尼﹕不是,但也好不了多少。他们同意试行分居。

6·I don't want you to associate with Jason; he's a real bad penny.

我不想让你和贾森交往,他的品质真坏。

7·1: the Bad Fish Paradigm: in the second-season opener, Penny surprisingly turns to Sheldon as a confidant after her disastrous first date with Leonard.

第1集:坏鱼范式:第二赛季揭幕战,彭妮出人意料的转向谢尔登为她的灾难和伦纳德第一次约会后知己。