
3. have the world by the tail = be successful and happy
表示某人非常成功,就像掌握了全世界一樣。
例如:
Marc finished school at the top of his class and he was offered an excellent position with an accounting firm. Now he feels that he has the world by the tail. Everything has been working out for him lately, and it's no wonder that he's feeling so successful and happy.
馬克以優異成績完成了學業,然后得到了一家會計師事務所的優質職位邀請。他現在覺得一切都在自己的掌控之中。最近,每件事都順著他的意愿進行著,難怪他會覺得很有成就感,很高興呢。