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大家论坛 � Itis nouse +Gerund= Itis ofno use +Infinitive It is nouse talkingabout it. (Itis no use dong. = Itis no good doing) It is of no use totalk about it. It is useless totalkabout it. More examples: Itis nouse crying over spilt milk.（覆水难收。） Itis nouse yourtryingtodeceive me.（你休想欺骗我。） Itis nogood talking about the greatness of ourcountry, unless wedo something tomake itgreat. � Something (much)of; nothing (little)of Something of= tosome extent (“Something”is somewhat derogatory) He issomething of a philosopher. He isnothing ofa musician. He isverymuchof a poet.（他大有诗人气派。） He islittle of a scholar.（他几无学者风度。） More examples: Theysay that hehad nouniversityeducation, but he seems tobe something ofa scholar. He has nomucheducation, but he seems tobe verymuchof a gentleman. That’stoo muchof a goodthing. If he isanything ofa gentleman, he will keep his promise, I should think. There was only a wooden latch to his door, because he had been too much of a skinflint topay for one of the new iron lacks tobe fixedon. � (a) noun (A)+ of +(a) noun (B) Itwas a great mountainof a wave. a devil of a man, a rascal of a fellow,an awful fool of a woman, tocatch a death ofa cold… More examples: Those pigs ofboys eat somuch. He was a fine figure of a youngman.（他是位翩翩佳公子。） I’vegot the devil ofa toothache.（我牙痛不堪。） Iwouldmake the deuce of a scandal.（这会弄得声名狼藉的。） She was an angel of a wife.（她是一位天仙一般的妻子。） He was a big clumsy giant of a manwith a broadface and small suspicious eyes. The childis a treasure of a son. He lives ina palace of a house. Your fool ofa husbandsaidso. She is an oldblackguard of a woman. � of one’s owndoing Itis a plan ofhis ownmaking. More examples: Itis a poemof his own composing. (Itis a poemcomposed byhimself.