" The old girl has been polishing off the vintage wines. I'm firing her--at least I'm trying to" .

“那个老姑娘一直在擦亮陈年葡萄酒。我要解雇她——至少我正在努力这样做” 。

Studies show that polishing off your smallest balance first can motivate you to pay off bigger debts (a strategy called the snowball method).

研究表明，先处理好你最小的债务可以激励你偿还更大的债务(一种被称为滚雪球法的策略)。

I bet you could imagine yourself polishing off 1,500 calories of pizza and ice cream pretty easily, but 1,500 calories of just lean beef will leave you sweating and struggling to swallow in between deep breaths.

我敢打赌，你能轻松地吃完 1,500 卡路里的披萨和冰淇淋，但面对 1,500 卡路里的瘦牛肉，你会汗流浃背，吃得气喘吁吁。