I think you I you know I came from a kind of immigrant family and mentality was just keep working, keep moving on the next thing and trying to get ahead.
This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about the expression " not a patch on something" , which is used to say that one thing is not as good as another.
欢迎收听BBC《地道英语》节目,我们讨论是" not a patch on something" 这个表达,这个短语是用来说一件事不如另一件事好。
They say that the only two things in life you can be sure of are death and taxes, and I find it really funny that you don't get taught about both at school.
He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray.