overheat, no news is good news, get the better of

 I am not an overheated urbanite. I live in Nagano, actually on the lower slopes of a mountain, yet one Sunday last summer I decided to drive two hours from Matsumoto to Fujimi to check out its view of Mount Fuji. I suppose the name got the better of me.

 

 

Definition of overheat

verb

• 1make or become too hot: [no object]:her car started to overheat [with object]:it’s vital not to overheat the liquid
• make or become too excited: (as adjective overheated)his overheated imagination

2 [no object] (of a country’s economy) show marked inflation when increased demand results in rising prices rather than increased output:in 1987 the Treasury had allowed the economy to overheat

 

get the better of

gain an advantage over or defeat (someone) by superior strength or ability:no one has ever got the better of her yet

(of a feeling or urge) be too strong to conceal or resist:curiosity got the better of her

罕例: 紐約時報 十大文章中三篇關於日本

有時候 No News is Good News.
Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news. This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said "No news is better than evil news" (1616).

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