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【在生活中學習語言】Open a Can of Worms. 招惹麻煩╱沒事找事

Open a Can of Worms.

招惹麻煩╱沒事找事

對話
Sam：How's it going, Carol?
山姆：最近過得怎樣，卡蘿？
Carol：Not bad. But I had a weird conversation with Paul this morning.
卡蘿：還不賴。不過今天早上我和保羅的談話有點詭異。
Sam： What happened?
山姆：發生了什麼事？
Carol：We were just talking nicely, but then I asked him about his wife.
卡蘿：我們本來還聊得蠻愉快的，但後來我問起了他的老婆。
Sam：Oh, no. You shouldn't have opened a can of worms.
山姆：糟了。妳真不應該沒事找事，給自己招惹麻煩。
Carol：Yeah, I know. He spent about half an hour telling me about it.
卡蘿：對啊，我現在才知道。他大約花了半個小時講這檔事。
Sam：What did he say?
山姆：他說了什麼？
Carol：Well, I guess she's hanging out with some rock stars in town.
卡蘿：呃，我猜她正和城裡的某些搖滾明星廝混。
Sam：Oh, no.
山姆：噢，不。
Carol：Well, don't jump to conclusions. Wait until there are photos or some other evidence.
卡蘿：呃，先別急著下結論。等到有照片或是其他證據再說吧。

延伸學習

俚語精解
worm指「蠕蟲」，open (up) a can of worms意思是「打開一罐的蟲子」。釣客常會用蚯蚓或蛆這些蟲子做為釣餌，如果把裝滿蟲子的罐子打開，那麼這些蟲子就會到處亂爬製造髒亂，你也很難再一條條把牠們抓回罐子裡。因此這個俚語就引申為「招惹麻煩」、「沒事找事』，讓問題更加棘手。此外，a can of worms 也可單獨使用，指「複雜難解決的問題』。
例：When John started a conversation with his girlfriend about his ex-wife, he opened a large can of worms.
（約翰和女友開始聊起他前妻的事時，他為自己招來了大麻煩。）

關鍵字詞
◎How is it going? 近來好嗎？
= How have you been?
◎weird a.奇怪的
例：Jim is so weird that nobody wants to make friends with him.
（吉姆人很怪，所以沒人想跟他做朋友。）
◎hang out (with sb) 與某人外出∕交遊
例：Hanging out with those guys is not good for you.（和那些傢伙鬼混對你沒有好處。）
◎conclusion n.結論
jump to conclusion　驟下定論

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