英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話 第173期:通曉一切

迷你對(duì)話：
A: Where can I get the information, Kate?
Kate，我從哪兒可以得到這個(gè)信息呢?
B: Ask John. He is sure to know about it.
問問John吧，他一定知道。
A: Why?
為什么?
B: He has a finger in the pie.
他這人無所不知。
地道表達(dá)：have a finger in the pie
解詞釋義：have a finger in的本意是“插手于......”“了解......”，have a finger in the pie就是指“參與某事而通曉一切”。
支持范例：
( 1 ) have a finger in
He seems always to have a finger in some funny business.
他好像老是參與一些惡作劇。
I have a finger in that case.
我與那案件有關(guān)聯(lián)。
( 2 ) have a finger in the pie
Eg. I don't like you to have a finger in the pie. You are no good at such a deal.
我可不喜歡你參與那件事去了解一切，因?yàn)槟銢]有那個(gè)能力。
Eg. She is always eager to have a finger in the pie if her neighbors plan any little festivity.
要是她的左鄰右舍準(zhǔn)備辦任何小的喜慶事，她總是巴不得參與其事去知道事情的經(jīng)過。
詞海拾貝：
know about：獲悉，知曉
Eg. I want to know about this thing now from beginning to end.
現(xiàn)在我想從頭到尾了解這件事。
Eg. How much do you know about my subject?
你對(duì)我的研究課題懂得多少?
Eg. What do these eggheads know about practical things?
這些書呆子懂得什么實(shí)際的事務(wù)?
Eg. How much do you know about the works of George Eliot?
喬治·艾略特的作品你知道多少?