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做表面功夫 go through the motion 目中無人;自視甚高 have one's nose in the air 有完沒完;別再說了 give it a rest  = can in 兵來將擋,水來土掩 roll with the punches (衍伸至拳擊) = take it as it comes 時間過得好慢。 The day is dragging on. 少臭美了 be full of oneself = Get over yourself! 你真是自以為是。 You are really all about yourself. 你一定找得到的。 You can't miss it. 那還用說。 You're telling me. 物超所值 get more bang for the buck 加把勁 pull one's socks up 出洋相;大吵大鬧 make a scene 風馬牛不相及 be neither here nor there 挖東牆補西牆 rob Peter to pay Paul 我覺得事有蹊蹺。 I smell a rat.  冤冤相報何時了。 Two wrongs don't make a right. 沒魚,蝦也好。 It's not so great, but it'll have to do.  自斷後路 burn one's bridge  這是掛保證的。 You can take it to the bank.  = You can quote me on that. 白手起家 rags-to-riches 放規矩點! Behave youself. = Mind your p's and q's. 悉聽尊便。 Anything you say. = It's up to you. = As you wish. 夠了!(住嘴) Cut it out! = Stop it! 閉嘴! Hold your tongue. = Shut up! 別太挑剔了! Don't be so fussy. 別搞砸了! Don't blow it. 別老叫我做東做西! Don't boss me arou...

電視廣告的強大及可怕之處

 (電視) 廣告的強大及可怕之處在於:給你看到眾多同類產品裡的冰山一角,而明明冰山之下有那麼多可以替代甚至更好的商品,你卻以為那效果真如同視覺所呈現的那樣並只想購買該物品。


我自己從小就是電視兒童,有好長一對時間對電視廣告的想法就是它廣告什麼,我就會覺得:「原來那東西這麼好用啊」,並只對那個東西抱有購買之感。


What you see or listen in a (TV) commercial or an advertisement, is just the iceberg tip of that kind of products. The alternatives or better ones are still beneath the see, but you merely know the one showed to you, thinking: "Wow! How effective of the product."


I was a TV kid before, and realized this thing recently...

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