10 English Idioms for When Something Wasn’t Worth It · Learn English with Harry
本课介绍10个表达某事不值得的英语习语，适合练习如何委婉表达负面评价，适用于电影、服务、体验等场景。
So, what is the advanced English lesson about today?
那么，今天这节高级英语课的内容是什么呢？
Well, today's advanced English lesson is looking at certain ways or idioms for criticizing or talking about bad experiences.
今天这节高级英语课将探讨一些用于批评或谈论糟糕经历的特定表达方式或习语。
So, we're looking at various ways to criticize or talk about bad experiences by using idioms.
因此，我们正在研究各种方法，通过使用习语来批评或谈论那些糟糕的体验。
So, they're quite advanced.
所以，它们相当先进。
So, we'll go through them.
那么，我们就来一一了解一下它们吧。
As always, I have 10.
和往常一样，我有 10 个。
I'll give you the meaning.
我会告诉你这个词的含义。
I'll give you an example, and hopefully you'll get a better understanding.
我举个例子，希望你能更好地理解。
So, as I said, we've got 10 of these idioms in total.
正如我所说，我们总共有 10 个这样的习语（或表达方式）。
I'm going to give them to you, then go through them one by one.
我会先把它们交给你们，然后再逐一讲解它们的内容。
So, the first one, to leave a bad taste in my mouth.
第一个例子，给我留下了不好的印象（或者说：让我感到非常失望）。
This means that some experience you've had wasn't enjoyable, didn't turn right,
这意味着你曾经经历的一些事情并不愉快，也没有达到预期的结果（或者说没有按照你希望的方式发展）。
and you really felt bad afterwards.
事后你真的感到非常内疚（或难过）。
Not physically bad, but bad about the whole experience.
从身体上看并没有什么大问题，但整个经历实在令人非常失望（或者说“糟糕”）。
It really left a bad taste in my mouth.
这件事真的让我感到非常失望（或者：让我心里很不舒服）。
So, let me give you an example.
那么，让我举个例子来说明吧。
I asked somebody to give me a quote to paint the inside of my house because I didn't have time.
因为我时间不够，所以我请别人帮我估算一下粉刷房屋内部的费用。
So, they came along and they gave me a quote, and I thought the guys were okay and I listened to them,
他们过来给我提供了报价，我觉得这些人的态度还不错，于是我就认真听了他们的意见。
and they quoted me a price, which was a little bit on the high side, but I wanted to get it done quickly,
他们给我报了一个价格，这个价格有点偏高。不过我希望能尽快完成这件事。
and when I came home after two days, oh my God, it was a mess.
两天后我回到家时，天哪，那里一片狼藉。
There was paint all over the floors.
地板上到处都是油漆。
They hadn't covered any of the furniture.
他们还没有对任何家具进行过处理（比如擦拭或清洁）。
It was a disaster.
那简直是一场灾难。
It cost me a fortune.
这花了我一大笔钱。
Of course, I sacked them immediately, and I did it myself.
当然，我立即解雇了他们，而且这一切都是我亲自处理的。
So, my experience with those painters left a very bad taste in my mouth.
因此，我和那些画家的经历给我留下了非常不好的印象。
I'll never use them again.
我再也不会使用它们了。
I won't be recommending them, and if I could find them on the internet, which I can't, I'd leave a bad review.
我不会推荐他们；如果我能在网上找到他们（但实际上我找不到），我一定会留下负面评价。
So, it left, or my experience with them, left a very bad taste in my mouth.
总之，我的这次经历给他们留下了非常不好的印象（或者说，让我对他们感到非常失望）。
Not really good experience.
这真不是一次愉快的体验。
Number two, nothing to write home about.
第二点：没什么值得特别夸耀的。
Well, this means, well, it's not really so important.
嗯，这意味着……其实这件事并没有那么重要。
I wouldn't get so excited about it.
我不会对此感到如此兴奋。
I wouldn't waste my time telling anybody else.
我不会浪费时间去告诉其他人。
The movie I went to see last week, somebody had recommended it to me, but it was nothing to write home about.
上周我去看的那部电影，是有人推荐给我的；不过这部电影实在没什么特别之处，看完后没什么值得回味的地方。
I was really disappointed.
我真的很失望。
I was keep waiting for something to happen during the movie, but nothing actually did.
在看这部电影的过程中，我一直期待着某些事情会发生，但实际上什么都没有发生。
So, I think I wasted my money and my time.
所以，我觉得我白白浪费了钱和时间。
It was nothing to write home about.
这件事根本没什么值得大肆宣扬的。
Nothing spectacular.
没有什么特别值得关注的地方。