看美剧学英语:看《极品老妈》第一季学地道口语（8）
2015-05-07 15:07
来源：新东方网
作者：吉林新东方朱博
fight a losing battle
看字面意思应该可以大概了解这个短语的意思，就是打一场一点儿没有胜算的仗(to try to do something that you will probably never succeed in doing)。比如：
I’m fighting a losing battle against the mess in this house!
get back at somebody
这个表达的意思就是赤裸裸滴“报复”(to do something bad to somebody who has done something bad to you; to get revenge on somebody)。例如：
I’ll find a way of getting back at him!
for the life of me = however hard I try
就是“无论我多么的努力也…”。例如：
I cannot for the life of me figure out why they want to leave.
