熱死人的狗日子-dog days

今天看到一個可愛的英文片語

dog days

意思是指: 1.酷暑2.停滯期

例句:
-It's hard to get much work done during the dog days.
-Every winter there's a week or two of dog days when sales drop dramatically.

dog days裡面的dog指的是天狼星(Sirius or the dog star)
因為在地中海一帶, 大約從7月初到9月初,
天狼星與太陽會同時升起, 同時落下
dog days是個又熱又悶, 而且容易生病的季節


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