原標題:Without batting an eye 不露聲色,面不改色
今日短語
如果你的反應被形容為 without batting an eye - or eyelid 不眨眼,意思就是你不露聲色,讓人看不出事情對你的情緒是否有任何影響。
例句
When I told her I didn’t want to go out with her any more she didn’t even bat an eyelid. She just looked at me and said, 'Goodbye then'.
When he was sentenced to 20 years in prison he didn’t bat an eye.
請注意
當什么事情在一瞬間發生,這就可以被形容為“in the blink of an eye 一眨眼的時間”。
例句
I offered the kids the biscuits and in a blink of an eye they were all gone! The biscuits, not the kids!
Following his decision to lie to the police officer, in the blink of an eye, his career was finished.