All Wool and a Yard Wide——優質的
** genuine(真品)/ honest(誠實)/ upright(正直)/ authentic(正品)// first-class(一流)/ honorable(尊貴)/ respectable(可敬)/ excellent(優秀)/ trustworthy(可靠)/ sincere(真誠)/ someone of high quality, character or reliability(高品質、有個性或可靠的人。)
~~貨真價實的;優質的;品質優良的;值得信賴的 // 誠實可靠的;品格高尚的;極好的
~~ all wool and no shoddy(所有真正羊毛,沒有粗製濫造)// the real McCoy(真正的麥考伊)
!! “All wool and a yard wide” might have originated during the American Civil War when shoddy clothes were made from reprocessed wool or semi-felted material derived from shredded fibers of waste woolen cloth, and supplied to the Union Army. Uniform coats thus made often come apart on a wearer’s back.
(“全是羊毛和一碼寬”可能起源於美國內戰期間,當時的劣質衣服是由廢棄的羊毛布的碎纖維布中提取再加工的羊毛或半氈材料製成,並供應給聯邦軍隊。這樣製成的軍隊外套經常在穿着者的背上裂開。)
!! The expression comes from the clothing trade or yard-goods industry, where a seller would claim that a piece of cloth was 100 percent wool and measured fully a yard, in contrast to inferior material and short measures.(這詞語來自服裝貿易或針織品行業,賣方會聲稱一塊布是百分百羊毛,足足一碼,而,1是來自劣質材料和短碼。)
>> For this talented advertising designer, his fees are all wool and a yard wide.(對於這個才華洋溢的廣告設計師來說,他的收費確是貨真價實的。)
>> This barbershop owner's products are all wool and a yard wide and well received by customers.(這理髮店老闆的出品是優質的,深受顧客歡迎。)
學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師
李啓文 教授