2016年6月26日 星期日

charity shop, old hat


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"Nuneaton, the home town of George Eliot and Ken Loach, had more charity shops in its high street than anywhere I’ve ever seen. And some of those charity shops had closed down. What does it say about a town when even the charity shops are struggling?"
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Others say:
''It would be unfair to say it looks as if he dresses at a charity shop, because no charity shop would accept stuff in that condition.'' (Simon Hoggart, The Guardian)



old hat 

Pronunciation:

NOUN

[MASS NOUN] informal
Something tediously familiar or outdated:last year’s electronics are already old hat


charity shop noun [C]
a shop in which a charity sells all types of used goods which are given by the public, or in which they sell new goods, to make money for the work of the charity

charity shop 慈善店 ((主に寄付された物を売って慈善事業費を作る)).

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