Mess of pottage
付出巨大代价得到的物质享受，眼前利益
🧩 词语组成解析
mess
[mes]
n. 混乱;食堂;肮脏;困境;
vt. 弄脏;搞砸;给…供膳;
vi. 把事情弄糟;制造脏乱;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
n. 浓汤
🗣️ 情景例句
How are things?
近来如何？
The war threatened his well-being.
战争威胁他的幸福。
Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away.
那位警察对他说，那辆自行车是5天前在400英里外的一个小村里发现的，