the direction that is on your right when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass
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看到go south
字面意思就是“去南方”
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联想起无数人纠结是要北上还是南下工作，
难道外国人也有类似的隐喻？
其实这个短语的解释还不止一个，
我们来一一认识一下
go south 是什么意思?
go south
1 To escape; to vanish or disappear. (Not necessarily in a southerly direction.)
去逃跑；逃走不见或消失 （并不一定是往南逃）
例：
Everyone in the gang went south when they learned that the police had discovered their hideout.
那帮人听说警察发现了他们的藏身之处，便纷纷逃走不见了。
The dog has gone south into the night.
狗已消失在夜色中了。
2 To fall or drop; to depreciate; to lose quality or value. (Especially related to finances or stock exchanges.)
下降或落下；贬值；失去质量或价值 (尤指与金融或股票交易有关的。)
这个意思可能和地图上的“上北下南”有关，南方就是下方，往南走就是下降的趋势。
例：
The company's stock profile continued going south for the third day in a row today.
该公司的股票今天连续第三天下跌。
It seems like all our moral standards have just gone south.
看来我们的道德标准都下降了。
3 To cease working or functioning; to quit, fail, or fall apart.
停止工作或运作；退出，失败或分崩离析 。
例：
Talks between the labor union and the construction firm went south yesterday, so it looks like workers will be on strike again soon.
工会和建筑公司昨天谈崩了，所以看起来工人很快就会再次罢工。
My computer is only a month old, and it's already gone south.
我的电脑才用了一个月，就已经坏了。
总的来说，go south都有一个趋势上的不好，由此我们也可以猜出go north作为它的反方向也就表示了一个好的趋势。
例：
I hope the talk will go north this time.
我希望这次的会谈取得成功。
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今天和学生线上上课时，讲到下面这道题：
----- Can you locate Hainan Province and Jiangsu Province on the map of China?
----- Of course. Hainan Province is in the _____ part of China and Jiangsu Province lies in the _____ of China.
A. south; east B. southern, eastern C. southern; east D. south; eastern
表示方向的词：
东面的： east, eastern
南面的：south. southern
西面的：west. western
背面的：north, northern
它们的用法有怎样的区别呢？
大家记得一个小诀窍：后面有个part ,则我们要用有-ern 结尾的词
如： in the south of the city=in the southern part of the city
in the north of the town= in the northern part of the town
所以，上面的单选题有正确答案了吗？
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答案是C
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