英文每日一句
- My father often said* it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that 【kept the wolf at bay 】.
(A sentence from Life in a Violin Case written by Alexander Bloch)
keep sb/sth at bay:不让某人接近,防止问题更严重
keep the wolf from the door:勉强糊口,不用忍饥挨饿
hardheaded:精明冷静的
thriftiness:节约节俭
宾语从句:say*(that)……
强调句型:it was......that……