一分钟英语 第23期:Dime a Dozen

Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you about idioms in American English.

欢迎来到《一分钟英语》，在这里我们教您一些美式英语中的惯用语。

If you have heard American English, you have probably heard this:It's a dime a dozen.

如果你听过美式英语，你可能会听过这个“It's a dime a dozen”（一毛钱一打）？

What does this phrase mean? Let's find out.

这是什么意思呢？让我们一起来看看吧。

There's no need for you to pay $20 for that hair brush, it's too expensive.

没有必要花20刀买那把毛刷。太贵啦。

Why not? I really need it.

为什么呢？我真的需要它。

The store down the street has them at a dime a dozen! Come on, I'll show you.

街边的那个商店也有，便宜到一毛钱一打（a dime a dozen）。快来，我带你去。

When you say something is "a dime a dozen," it means that there's a lot of it, it doesn't cost much, or that it isn't special.

当你说某物是“一毛钱一打”（a dime a dozen）时，意思是有很多这种东西，不会花很多钱，或者是这种东西没什么特别的。

It's a dime a dozen. This is a common way of saying that something is so easy to get that it doesn't have much value.

这一毛钱一打。（It's a dime a dozen）这是一种很常见的表达方式，说明某物很容易获得没有太多价值。

And that's English in a Minute.

以上就是本期的《一分钟英语》。