在假日期間仍然照常工作和學習,日子和平時沒什么兩樣,這樣的假日可用“a busman's holiday”來表達。
Busman's holiday refers to a holiday that you spend doing the same kind of thing that you usually do for your job.
“工作假日”指的是照常工作的休假日。
If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday .
如果你在休假,但卻做著和平日工作時差不多的事情,就可以稱之為“工作假日”。
早在19世紀,英國人出門常常乘坐“公共馬車”。據(jù)說,馬車車主大都疼愛自己的“馬”,常常利用休息日裝扮成乘客,偷偷坐在自家的馬車上,以確保車夫善待馬匹。久而久之,“a busman's holiday”應運而生,用來形容“沒有休息的節(jié)假日”。
例如:
My father spent a busman's holiday working in his office.
爸爸的節(jié)假日有名無實,整個假期他都呆在辦公室。