美国人日常用语-街头惯用语Lesson 02

　　'It's as plain as the nose on your face!'
Dave and Brad are standing¹ outside the library when they notice Joe.
Dave: Hey, there's Joe. I wonder why he's walking arm in arm with that young woman.
Brad: It's as plain as the nose on your face. They are going together.
Dave: You're pulling my leg! She must be twenty years younger than Joe. Talk about robbing the cradle.
Brad: Well, you can bet this relationship's going to be a flash in the pan.
Dave: It must have been love at first sight because I know he didn't have a girlfriend last week.
Brad: I think you hit the nail on the head. Actually, my father popped the question to my mother after knowing her only two weks. They tied the knot a month later!
Vocabularyas plain as the nose on one's face (to be)flash in the pan (to be a)go together (to)hit the nail (right) on the head (to)love at first sight (to be)pop the question (to)pull someone's leg (to)rob the cradletie the knotwalk arm in armDictationSteve and I saw Joe walking arm in arm with a young woman today. I told Steve that I thought they were going together. That's when he said I was pulling his leg because she's at least twenty years younger than Joe. Talk about robbing the cradle! I wonder if they'll actually tie the knot?

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n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。