Mess of pottage
付出巨大代价得到的物质享受，眼前利益
🧩 词语组成解析
mess
[mes]
n. 混乱;食堂;肮脏;困境;
vt. 弄脏;搞砸;给…供膳;
vi. 把事情弄糟;制造脏乱;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
n. 浓汤
🗣️ 情景例句
I've been studying all day, and I'm sick and tired of it.
我学了一天，现在感到厌倦。
We can't see it very well.
我们不能看得很清楚。
It seems she was in class on Friday afternoon, but no one has seen her since.
好象她星期五还在教室，但从那以后没人看见过她。