Take the rough with the smooth

以光滑的方式对待粗糙的事物

Learning English Conversations

2019-03-12

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Learn an expression about experiencing bad things to enable you to enjoy good things.
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  • This is a download from BBC Learning English.

  • To find out more, visit our website.

  • The English we speak from bbclearningenglish.com hello, this is the English we speak.

  • And I'm Fei Fei.

  • And hello.

  • I'm Neil.

  • Hey, great news, Neil.

  • Oh, yeah?

  • What's that?

  • I got a promotion.

  • Oh, well done.

  • Congratulations and all that.

  • Come on, Neil.

  • You were never going to get one.

  • And anyway, it's not all good news.

  • A promotion, a pay rise, more power.

  • How is that not all good news?

  • Well, it means longer hours, harder work, having to work with you more.

  • I expect you have some English expression to describe that.

  • I do.