英语口语练习小对话 第709期:直截了当,毫无顾忌

英语口语练习小对话 第709期:直截了当,毫无顾忌  

Subject：No bones about it.,迷你对话,A:Do you have some new suggestions about promotion?,你能否就促销出点新点子呢？,B: We may advertise our products in a large area.,我们可以大范围地打广告。,A: Ha, it is a good idea. No bones about it.,哈哈，直截了当地说这还真是个好主意。,地道表达,no bones about something,1.解释,No bones about something是个习惯用语，沿用已久。据说是某人在不该有骨头的饭里发现了骨头，照理他会大惊小怪一番，但是这人却毫不囉嗦，直接了当地挑出骨头来就完事了。后来no bones about something这个说法的意义就发展为“直截了当，毫无顾忌”。表示不加掩饰地发表看法,或者直截了当地处理问题。这种刚想敢做的风格也被形容为Just do it!,2. 例句,e.g. We dismissed him and made no bones about it.,我们毫不犹豫地把他解雇了。,e.g. She made no bones about expressing her crush on him.,她毫不犹疑地向他表白爱意。,e.g. When Mary asked me what I thought of her poetry I made no bones about it - I told her that it's too pessimistic and needs more polish.,当Mary问我对她的诗有什么看法的时候,我直截了当地告诉她,她的诗歌情调过于消沉悲观,而且文字也需多加润色。