Work for peanuts 掙得很少

2023-05-31 13:11:42  每日學(xué)英語
“peanut”指“花生”,但是短語“work for peanuts”是“掙得很少”的意思。

【例句】
The students had very little money, so they were willing to work for peanuts.   
學(xué)生們沒什么錢,所以他們愿意為了微不足道的一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)小錢而工作。

Steven liked to jokingly state that he was working for peanuts.   
Steven喜歡開玩笑說自己掙得很少。

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