make sb's life a misery
使别人遭殃、让人痛苦
- He had harassed her and made her life a misery.
他骚扰她，让她的日子不好过。
misery guts
常常不高兴的人、老发牢骚的人
- Oh come on, don't be such a misery!
好了，别做牢骚大王了！
Stop being such an old misery guts!
别老是发牢骚！
misery loves company
不快乐的人喜欢向人诉苦
- We'd both just broken up with our boyfriends, so we decided to go see a movie together – misery loves company.
我们都刚刚和男朋友分手，于是决定一起去看电影——不开心的人需要找伴！
put sth out of its misery
杀死（动物）以结束其痛苦
- I think it is kinder to put the old cat out of its misery.
我想杀死那只老猫以解除其苦会是一种更善良的做法。 - And if not, is 2009 the year that we should put capitalism out of its misery?
如果答案是否定的，那么2009年我们是否该把资本主义从苦难中解救出来吗？
put sb out of their misery
（告知情况）使（某人）不再感到不安，消除（某人）的顾虑
- Put me out of my misery─did I pass or didn't I?
别再让我着急了——我及不及格？ - We try to put our students out of their misery and give them their exam results as early as possible.
我们尽量使学生不需长时间担心，尽早告诉他们考试结果。
