Phrases tell stories

短语───phrase;故事───story

We bought a Danish phrase book.───我买了一本丹麦常用语手册。

You needn't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book.───这本书用不着一字一句地抠.

It was a metaphoric ( al ) phrase; we didn't really mean that he has green fingers, only that he is good at gardening.───它是一个比喻的词组; 我们并非说他长了绿手指而是说他擅长园艺技能.

A phrase from the conference floor set my mind wandering.───会上发言者的一句话让我思绪飘远。

Who coined the phrase 'desktop publishing'?───谁创造了desktop publishing（桌面出版）这个词组？

Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.───权力导致腐败，绝对权力导致绝对腐败。这虽是老生常谈，但却是真理。

That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.───这就是我一直找的那个短语.

Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.───50名当地的音乐家，用个双关词，“联合起来”（band亦有“乐队”之意）组成了“爵士乐大联盟”。