Spend one's words
白费口舌
🧩 词语组成解析
spend
[spɛnd]
vt.& vi. 用钱，花钱;
vt. 花费;消耗;花（时间）;度过;
n. （为某目的或某段时间内的）花销，花费，开销;
s(dis-=apart)+pend(hang)→花费；耗用
a. 人们的；自己的
words
[[wə:dz]]
n. 言语；话语；字（word的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
In China, Spring Festival is the biggest holiday of the year, but in the west Christmas is the biggest.
中国最大的节日是春节，西方最大的节日是圣诞节。
None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
只有那个穿鞋人，才知哪里鞋轧脚。
In another chest, which contained the belongings of a ship's officer, there was an unfinished letter which had been written on March 14th, 1943.
另一只海底沉箱中装的是船上一位军官的财物，其中有一封写于1943年3月14日的信，但没有写完。