迷你對話學地道口語第251期:紙包不住火

迷你對話：

A: In my opinions, someone else has caused the fire of this house.

我想有人故意放火燒了這所房子。

B: Who do you think that has the motive?

你覺得誰會有這樣的動機呢？

A: I’m not sure now. In any case, let’s first make some careful investigations.

現在我還不能肯定。無論如何，我們慢慢調查。

B: OK, murder will out!

好的，事情總會水落石出的，紙包不住火的。

A: Yeah.

就是。

地道表達：

murder will out

解詞釋義：

此語爲cannot be hidden，用以指“事情暴露了，祕密揭穿了，惡事終必敗露”。與之同意的2條諺語如下：The truth will come to light.（真相終將告白。）Murder cannot be his long.（謀殺者不可能長久躲避。）

支持範例：

Their secret engagement was finally revealed.I always say murder will out.

他們的密約終於被揭露了，我常說紙是包不住火的。

Murder will out. Be careful the skeleton will one day fall out of the closet.

若要人不知，除非己莫爲。你小心，事情總有被揭發的一天！

詞海拾貝：

1. in one’s opinion：就某人看來，依某人看來

Eg. In my opinion, we must depend on intensive cultivation to feed ourselves.

我看我們就是要靠精耕細作吃飯。

Eg. In my opinion both of the drivers were at fault.

在我看來，兩位司機都有責任。

Eg. In my opinion this is the best way to handle the situation, Charlie.

查理,我認爲這是處理這個情況的最佳方法。

Eg. Miss Julia is the youngest and the best of the three sisters, in my opinion.

裘麗亞小姐是三姐妹裏頭最年輕的, 照我看來,也是最漂亮的一位。

2. in any case：無論如何，不管怎樣

Eg. In any case, she had no doubts about the breakup with Todd.

不管怎樣她和託德分手是沒有疑問的。

Eg. To say truly, this would have been Carrie's attitude in any case.

說實話，對待任何事情, 嘉莉的態度都是這樣。

Eg. In any case, this was a matter for debate, not for war.

不管怎樣, 這是一個可以爭辯的問題, 不是一個需要用戰爭解決的問題。

Eg. In any case you must arrive there on time.

無論如何你必須按時到達那裏。

3. make an investigation：做調查

Eg. To make an investigation, one should go into matters deeply, not just scratch the surface.

做調查，工作不能蜻蜓點水, 要深入實際。

Eg. We requested that they immediately make an investigation of the matter.

我們請求他們對這事立即進行調查。