輕鬆日記商務職場篇 第178期:馬馬虎虎
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：老闆，您認爲這個策劃怎麼樣？
Boss: To be frank, what we want is a plan that can fill the bill, not just a fair to middling one.
老闆：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.
他僅僅是一箇中等身材的男子。
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、願望和觀點而產生的體驗。
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。
