be no bad thing

释义

1. be no bad thing (that)…

   并不是坏事；或许是好事

   used to say that although sth seems to be bad, it could have good results

   We didn't want the press to get hold of the story, but it might be no bad thing.我们本不想让新闻界知道这事，但是知道了也许并非是坏事。

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• But today of all days, it is brought home to me: It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001
• It's not a bad thing.End of Watch2012
• Is that a bad thing?Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022
• That a bad thing?Silver Linings Playbook2012
• It is a very bad thing.Blue Jay2016
• that was a bad thing to say.As Good as It Gets1997
• Is that a bad thingEnchanted2007
• What constitutes a bad thing?The Invention of Lying2009

在完整场景里学

• 乌云背后的幸福线2012
  • 接出院回家路上出岔子：out on a limb（为某人担风险）
  • 出院回家谈将来打算：silver lining（一线希望）
  • 诊室里坦白病情经过：white-knuckling it（咬牙硬撑）
• 蓝色杰伊2016
  • 多年后咖啡馆叙旧：married to（扑在工作上）
  • 咖啡店听她夸丈夫：footloose and fancy free（无牵无挂）
  • 打赌老人记不记得：put a wager on（下注打赌）

同一词条的短语

• A is one thing, B is another
• all things being equal
• and things
• be all things to all men
• come to the same thing
• be a good thing
• be onto a good thing
• do things to
• do your own thing
• first thing
• first things first
• for one thing