1. run into sb./someone=meet someone by chance偶遇

Guess who I ran into today? Our old school friend Nancy! Small world, isn’t it?
猜猜我今天碰到誰(shuí)了?我們的老同學(xué)Nancy!世界可真小啊!

2. run it to earth: 原意“趕進(jìn)洞里”,指搜查,追查

比喻刨根問(wèn)底或追本溯源,與漢語(yǔ)俗語(yǔ)“打破沙鍋問(wèn)到底”相似。出自英國(guó)的狩獵故事。

The book was out of print, but I eventually ran it to earth at a secondhand bookshop.
那本書(shū)已經(jīng)絕版,但我終于在一家舊書(shū)店淘到了它。

3. go to earth/ground: 指人為了躲避外界的糾纏而隱藏起來(lái)

The film star eventually went to earth in a small, out-of-the-way cottage.
這位電影明星最后跑到一個(gè)荒避的小村舍躲了起來(lái)。

4. run of the true love: 真愛(ài)之路

指真正的愛(ài)情道路并不平坦,用于比喻好事多磨或苦盡甘來(lái),與“有情人終成眷屬”相似。

Have you ever heard run of the true love? You’ve got to get out of your blue funk first and try to see her again.
你有沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)真正的愛(ài)情道路不平坦這句話(huà)?你首先得振作起來(lái),然后再設(shè)法去見(jiàn)她。