第二天碰到Joe,問(wèn)我有沒(méi)有去,我把實(shí)情跟他解釋。他聽(tīng)完后說(shuō): "No skin off my nose." 我不懂,只好怔怔地望著他,心想,他大概以為我是"葉公好龍"吧。
回家查了俚語(yǔ)詞典,才知道skin off one's nose是與某人有關(guān)的意思。Joe是在說(shuō)我去不去其實(shí)"不關(guān)他的事",他只是順便問(wèn)一下罷了。
(摘自《世界日?qǐng)?bào)》)
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