take the biscuit这个短语更多地用于强调吃惊,表达讽刺的语气,含有“竟然做出这种(愚蠢、令人吃惊、粗野或自私的)事情”。
【例句】
First you broke my eyeliner, then you lost my earrings but this took the biscuit. How did you manage to eat my breakfast?
你先是弄坏了我的眼线笔,然后又弄丢了我的耳环,更可气的是,你怎么把我的早餐也吃掉了?
I can’t believe he copied my homework, that really takes the biscuit!
真不敢相信他抄了我的作业,这太可恶了!
【例句】
First you broke my eyeliner, then you lost my earrings but this took the biscuit. How did you manage to eat my breakfast?
你先是弄坏了我的眼线笔,然后又弄丢了我的耳环,更可气的是,你怎么把我的早餐也吃掉了?
I can’t believe he copied my homework, that really takes the biscuit!
真不敢相信他抄了我的作业,这太可恶了!