口語課堂第19期:掏腰包

foot the bill: be responsible for paying the cost of sth 負擔費用

Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
這一次掏腰包的又得是納稅人.

The local council will have to foot the bill for damage done to the roads in last year's floods.
當地政務委員會將要承擔在去年洪水中被破壞的道路的修復費用.

Batten down the hatches: 做好迎接困難的準備
to prepare yourself for a period of difficulty or trouble

Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.
好萊塢正在做好準備應付今年夏天的演員和作家罷工.