先看看“His father and mother went through thick and thin. “是什么意思呢？Colloquially(通俗地说), thick and thin means good times and bad times.
Mireille Guiliano is a slim and successful woman. She was born in France and studied in Paris before working as an interpreter for the United Nations. She then worked in the champagne business and in 1984 joined Veuve Clicquot whose performance was， at the time， rather flat. She fizzed up the ranks and launched their American subsidiary. In 1991 she became its chief executive and ran it with great success. In her apartment overlooking downtown Manhattan， she offers a glass of water before quipping “You know how much I love water.” She is correct;
Overweight is another， sometimes more polite， way of saying fat. Overweight focuses on how much a person weighs， but also implies that the person weighs more than what is considered average for unhealthy reasons.
