Subject：Bad managers are a dime a dozen.

迷你對話

A: This morning my boss blamed me again, but I did not do anything wrong.

今天早上老板又批評了我們，但是我沒有做錯事情呀。

B: Bad managers are a dime a dozen, but a good one is difficult to find.

壞老板多如牛毛，碰見一個好的真難得。

地道表達

a dime a dozen

1. 解詞釋義

Dime本身指“一角硬幣，不值錢的東西”；dozen是指“一打，十二個”。A dime and a dozen放在一起來表示“多如牛毛”的意思,多得讓人覺得此物或此人沒有什么價值和稀罕之處。

2. 例句拓展

e.g. In Hollywood, pretty girls are a dime a dozen.

在好萊塢漂亮姑娘多的是。

e.g. The stamps of this sort are a dime a dozen.

這種郵票不值錢。

e.g. Pagers were rare ten years ago. Now they are a dime a dozen.

十年前，尋呼機挺少見的，現(xiàn)在太不稀罕了。

e.g. The bottom line is that stores like yours are a dime a dozen.

根本原因是象你們那樣的商店不稀罕了。