汗馬功勞

Peter

《溫故知新》

那個老兵以對年輕人述說自己的汗馬功勞為樂。

*The old soldier enjoyed telling of his war exploits to the young people.

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*toil and hardship in the war.

*war exploits.

《汗牛充棟》

那座圖書館的大廳非常大,而且擁有汗牛充棟的書藉。

*The library’s main room was huge and held an immense number of books.

*an immense number of books .

*(of multitude of books ) so many as make the ox carrying them perspire and to fill a house to the rafters.

《汗流浹背》

那是一個七月的下午,他在沙地上挖掘了十分鐘之後,便汗流浹背。

*It was a July afternoon , and after 10 minutes of digging in the sand he was streaming with sweat.

*all of a sweat.

*sweat like a pig. (Peter)