核心句型：

What we want is a plan that can fill the bill, not just a fair to middling one.

我們要的策劃不能馬馬虎虎，必須十全十美。

fair to middling 在口語中表示：“馬馬虎虎，還過得去”，追求完美的人肯定不想要一個只是還過得去的，而是符合要求、出類拔萃、十全十美的。因此，當美國人說"What we want is a plan that can fill the bill, not just a fair to middling one."時，他/她要表達的意思就是:"We expect a satisfying plan, not this casual one."、"We want a plan which is totally up to the mustrad, not a passable one."。

情景對白：

Terry: Sir, what do you think of this plan?

泰瑞：老板，您認為這個策劃怎么樣？

Boss: To be frank, what we want is a plan that can fill the bill, not just a fair to middling one.

老板：實話實說，我們要的策劃不能馬馬虎虎，必須十全十美。

搭配句積累：

①But we have tried our best to perfect the plan.

但是我們已經(jīng)盡力完善計劃了。

②You always nitpick about our work.

你總對我們的工作挑三揀四。

③Revise it and give me the final plan tomorrow.

重做一份，明天我要最終的方案。

④Remember that the elephants do not bite but mosquitoes do.

記住，細節(jié)決定成敗。

單詞：

1. middling adj. 中等的

The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.

直到1963年，甲殼蟲樂隊還只是半紅不紫。

He is just a man of middling height.

他僅僅是一個中等身材的男子。

This is really a very middling experience.

這真的是很普通的一次體驗。

2. be up to the mustard 達到標準

substantialities whether it is up to the mustard and up to the wishes or viewpoints .

情感是人對客觀事物是否符合需要、愿望和觀點而產(chǎn)生的體驗。

The valve should be tested before installation; it can be installed only up to the mustard.

安裝前要進行試壓檢驗，符合要求方可安裝。