迷你對話學地道口語第1883期:自找苦吃,惹火燒身

第一，情景對話

A：Stay away from that guy as far as possible.

離那個傢伙儘可能遠點兒。

B: Oh, Mum. I can't.

噢，媽媽。我不能。

A: If you don't listen to me, you'll get your fingers burned.

要是你不聽我的，你會引火燒身的。

B: If it has to be so, I won't pity my fingers.

如果必須是那樣，我不會憐惜自己。

第二，詞海拾貝

get one’s fingers burnt

exp. To suffer an unpleasant or ruinous consequence (especially the loss of money) for some action, often such that one becomes unwilling or reluctant to do it again. （惹火燒身，自討苦吃）

變異：have one’s fingers burnt

e.g. During the boom times, countless would-be investors put everything they owned in shady investment deals, and most of them ended up getting their fingers badly burned.

在經濟繁榮時期，無數潛在的投資者把他們所擁有的一切都投入到不正當的投資交易中，他們中的大多數最終自討苦吃。

e.g. I had my fingers burned the last time I questioned the company policy.

上次，我對公司的政策提出質疑是惹火燒身。

e.g. He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the stock-market.

他在證券市場胡亂買賣而大吃苦頭。

e.g. She got her fingers burnt when she set up a business and had all her money stolen by her partner.

她創業的時候吃了很大的苦頭，所有的錢都被她的合夥人偷走了。

第三，語彙積累

1.stay away from ( something/someone)：遠離......

e.g. He told his children to stay away from dangerous electrical things.

他叫他的孩子們不要接近危險的電器。

e.g. The doctor told him to stay away from such foods and drinks.

醫生叫他不要吃這樣的酒菜。

e.g. He sought out Philip and ordered him to stay away from him sister.

他找到菲利普，命令他停止和他妹妹交往。

e.g. Stay away from him, he is now going around with a chip on his shoulder.

不要惹他，他現在正到處找人打架。

2 far as possible：儘可能遠地，儘量

e.g. Her middle of life was devoted to the care of a failing mother, and the endeavour to make a small income go as far as possible.

她的中年獻給了照料一個衰老的母親和儘可能使微薄的收入能夠勉強度日的生活。

e.g. During these conferences I remained in the background as far as possible.

我在這些會議中儘可能地不突出自己。

listen to：聽......

have to：不得不