let the cat out of the bag是什么意思?
导语
不管是看美剧还是日常聊天中,我们经常会听到”let the cat out of the bag“。这个短语的意思究竟是什么呢?让猫从袋子里出来?
hi I'm Syl and this is slow easy English
哈喽,我是slow easy English的Syl
Today we have an idiom and it has a popularity rating of 5
今天我们介绍一个俚语,它的热门指数是5分
which means that you're going to hear this very very often if you are in an english-speaking country or watch English movies etc.
意思是你经常会听见这个俚语,当你在英语系国家的时候,或是看英文电影时等等
Today's idiom is let the cat out of the bag
今天的俚语是: let the cat out of the bag
so let's look at the dialogue follow along with me and see if you can guess what it means before I tell you
请跟著我看一段对话,看看你能不能猜出它的意思,在我告诉你之前
By the way this dialogue is the same dialogue that I used in the video pop the question
顺带一提,这段对话也是(求婚)影片所用的例子
so if you're not sure what pop the question means be sure to check out that video after this one okay so
如果你不晓得pop the question的意思,在看完此影片之后记得要去看那段影片
let's move on to the dialogue Ethan and Jamie
让我们开始吧。
two friends are talking and Ethan says to Jamie “dude I've decided it's time "
Ethan 和 Jamie 正在聊天,Ethan 对Jamie 说我觉得时机成熟了
Jamie asks time for what, it's time for me to go to the next level with Lisa
Jamie 问是什么,该是我和Lisa一起进入下个人生阶段的时刻了
you mean you're gonna pop the question
你的意思是要向她求婚?
yup next Saturday
没错,下星期六
that's great congratulations
太棒了!恭喜!
thanks man just make sure you don't let the cat out of the bag before then
谢谢。不过在那之前请你不要let the cat out of the bag
okay so after reading this and reading and listening to this dialogue can you guess the meaning above let the cat out of the bag, what do you think it means well ?
好,到目前为止在听完这个故事之后你能够猜出let the cat out of the bag 表示的意思吗?你觉得是什么?
if you guessed from the context that let the cat out of the bag means to reveal a secret before its time
如果你从上下文猜到let the cat out of the bag 的意思是事先泄露秘密
then you're correct so and this case,Ethan tells Jamie that he's going to pop the question to Lisa and of course it's going to happen next Saturday
恭喜你答对了。在这个例子里Ethan告诉Jamie他将要向Lisa求婚,这件事确定会在下星期六发生
so he wants to keep it secret until then and he asks his friend to not let the cat out of the bag so to let the cat out of the bag means to reveal a secret before
所以在那之前,他必须保守秘密不动声色他请他的朋友不要let the cat out of the bag。所以意思是事先泄露秘密、走露消息
it's time I hope you like this video and I hope you learn something new if you did please click the Like button
希望你会喜欢这段影片且学到了新东西,如果有,请你帮我点个赞
and be sure to check out my other videos there are hundreds on my website WWW dot slow easy English.com. Thank you. Bye
记得观看我的其他影片,我的网站是www.slow easy English.com。谢谢观看 返回搜狐,查看更多
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