1.far from something/from doing something: almost the opposite of something or of what is expected 幾乎相反;遠非
It is far from clear(= it is not clear)what he intends to do. 他打算怎樣做一點都不清楚.
Computers, far from destroying jobs, can create employment. 計算機遠非破壞就業,而是能創造就業.
2.laughing stock: a person that everyone laughs at because they have done something stupid 笑柄;笑料
I can't wear that! I'd be a laughing stock. 我可不能戴那個東西!否則會成為笑柄的.