一日一成语【55】take pot luck

take pot luck

luck是人人都希望碰上的东西，做什么事都要靠点运气，pot是煮东西吃的大锅，pot luck自然是指在吃方面的运气，take pot luck就是在吃的方面碰碰运气，碰得巧就有好的吃，碰的不巧就没什么吃，也就是“有什么吃什么的意思”。这是在事先没有准备，临时请人回家吃饭时常说的一句话：

My wife doesn’t know you are coming to dinner with us. Let’s take pot luck.
我太太也不知道你来和我们一起吃晚饭，随便吃点吧！

I don’t know what they serve at this time of the night. Since this is the only restaurant around here, let’s take pot luck.
我不知道晚上这时候他们还供应什么，附近只有这一家饭店，只能有什么吃什么了。

Pot luck除了指食物外，还可以引伸去指唯一的选择：

The temperature dropped suddenly. As I did not have much clothes with me, I had to take pot luck and bought whatever there was available.
气温突然下降，我带的衣服不多，只能随便买件衣服穿穿。