He still hoped to find the pot of gold.

他仍希望找到那罐金子。

" Yes, " answered Tom. " But where is the pot of gold? "

“看到了，”汤姆回答，“但那罐金子在哪儿？”

He would keep his eyes on the sly little elf every minute until he found the pot of gold.

他会每分每秒都盯着那个狡猾的小精灵，直到他找到那罐金子。

And that brings us to our idiom: the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

彩虹尽头的一罐金子。

Tom went closer still. " Where is the pot of gold? " he cried. " Show it to me! "

汤姆仍在靠近。“那罐金子在哪儿？”他喊道，“给我交出来！”

Because of the unrealistic nature of the pot of gold, this expression is often used in the negative form.

因为找到一罐金子并不现实，所以这个表达通常用于否定形式。

" Where is the pot of gold? I won't let you go until you show me where it is."

“那罐金子在哪儿？你告诉我在哪儿，我才会放了你。”

Tom put the elf down. " All right, " he said. " Thank you for the pot of gold."

汤姆放下小精灵。他说：“好了。感谢你的那罐金子。”

Finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow can also be used to talk about actual money.

在彩虹的尽头找到一罐金子也可以被用来谈论真正的钱。

The elf had kept his promise. He had not touched the boy's tie! But where was the pot of gold?

小精灵履行了诺言。它没有碰男孩的带子！但那罐金子在哪儿？

" Good-by! " said the Fairy Shoemaker. " Much good may the pot of gold do you when you get it."

“再见！”小精灵说，“希望你能得到那罐金子。”

The " pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" is something you really want to have or you really want to achieve.

" 彩虹尽头的一罐金子" 是你真正想要拥有的东西，或者你真正想要实现的目标。

And he went down the steps with his present assured, and his future lit by the hues of the rainbow above the pot of gold.

他带着现在的保证走下台阶， 他的未来被金罐上方彩虹的色彩照亮了。