※ 引述《ediss ()》之銘言：
: 請教各位大大畫底線的地方該作何解釋呢?
: Awkward compromises are the order of the day
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: in financial reform, however. A bigger example
: is the mega-bill that is currently grinding
: its way through the Senate. Having already
: seen its cherished consumer financial-protection
: agency come under fire, the White House now
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: reportedly faces the prospect that its proposed
: ban on proprietary trading (the "Volcker rule")
: will be watered down, too. Short-sellers are not
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: the only ones who are getting squeezed.
: 是固定用法嗎? 還是隱喻手法?
: 謝謝各位高手~~
"the order of the day" = "the way things are"
"come under fire" = "to be attacked by criticisms"
"to water down"="to 灌水"
see
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/water+down.html
and
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/order+of+the+day
hope it help ^^
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