said when someone makes a definite statement which is shown very soon, and in an embarrassing way, to be wrong
意思是說
有人說了很自信滿滿的話,不久後,很難堪的發現說錯了
He said the train is always on time.
Famous last words! It was delayed by an hour.
他很有自信的說這班火車每次都會準時,結果誤點了一個小
(Genie)
John says he will working as leader of class on this semester. Famous last words.The classmates have never elected him to be leader of class.
約翰很有把握的說這學期他一定會當班長。結果班上同學都
(Kay)
John said he wouldl be (or he would work as) leader of class...but it turned out no one elected him to be leader of class! Famous last words!
I told him categorically that we could never be anything more than friends. Famous last words! Within a few months we were engaged.
come up with goods (deliver the goods)
to produce what is wanted
What they promise sounds impressive enough - let's see if they come up with the goods.
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