Big break

　　重大突破

　　An opportunity or turn of events that leads to success. A big break is often used for people involved in the arts (artists, actors etc.), to talk about one specific opportunity that led to their work being recognised and to them being successful.

　　成功的机会或转折。对于从事艺术(艺术家、演员等)的人来说，经常会有一个大的休息时间，来谈论一个特定的机会，这个机会使他们的作品得到认可，并获得成功。

　　She had her big break in 2009 and the phone hasn’t stopped ringing since!

　　她在2009取得了大突破，从那之后，签约电话一直没有停止过!

　　Her big break was something she never expected – an independent film with a small budget.

　　她最大的突破是她从未料到的——一部预算很小的独立电影。

　　Positive idioms with big

　　含有big的积极俚语

　　be positive

　　积极点的

　　Think big

　　野心勃勃

　　To be ambitious.

　　变得雄心勃勃

　　You have to think big to achieve great things.

　　你必须雄心勃勃才能成就大事。

　　Thinking big is the key to accomplishing your biggest goals.

　　雄心壮志是实现你最大目标的关键。

　　She thinks big. She’ll go far.

　　她有雄心壮志，她会走得很远。

　　To be big hearted

　　变得心胸宽广

　　Adjective used to describe an aspect of a person’s personality. If someone is big hearted they are kind, caring and compassionate.

　　这个形容词用来形容一个人性格的一个方面。指那些心胸宽广，善良、善于关心别人和富有同情心的人。

　　My mum’s too big hearted for her own good. She’s always helping people – even if she can’t really afford to!

　　我妈妈关心别人胜过关心自己。她总是帮助别人——即使她真的承担不起!

　　I’ve never met someone quite as big hearted as you. You’re really special.

　　我从来没有见过像你这么心胸宽广的人。你真的很特别。

　　Negative idioms with big

　　含有big的消极俚语

　　To have bigger fish to fry

　　有要事要做

　　To be worried about more important or more urgent problems.

　　担心更重要或更紧急的问题。

　　I know you’ve misbehaved but I can’t deal with you right now. There’s a burst water pipe in the kitchen and I can’t find your brother. I’ve got bigger fish to fry.

　　我知道你做了错事，但我现在没法处理。厨房里有一个水管破裂，我找不到你的哥哥。我有更重要的事要做。

　　She didn’t worry about the bad press her campaign was getting, after all, she had bigger fish to fry.

　　她并不担心她的竞选活动会招来坏消息，毕竟，她有更重要的事情要做。