每日學英語:See a man about a dog 不解釋而離開
2024-01-28 13:48:52 每日學英語
“see a man about a dog”別理解成“見一個和狗相關(guān)的人”,其正確的含義是不解釋而離開;出去一下(尤指上廁所的隱晦說法);有點急事先行告辭,通常用來作為離開或缺席的借口。
【例句】
I don't know where Tom went. He said he had to see a man about a dog.
我不知道湯姆去哪里了,他說他出去一下。
When John said he was going to see a man about a dog, I thought he would be gone for only a minute.
當約翰說他準備出去一下,我還以為他出去幾分鐘而已。