如果某人说 you're toast 意思就是你完了。多半用来警告人家。具体的东西也能成为 toast, 意思就是被毁灭了。
- If you make a mistake in your monthly report again, you're toast! You really have to be more careful.
- He crashed his car last week and completely destroyed it. It was toast.
值得注意是,to toast someone 是向某人祝酒、敬某人一杯的意思。
- Let's toast our wonderful assistant, Phil. He's worked really hard this year and his sense of humour has kept everyone going through a difficult time. To Phil!