(单词翻译:单击)
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If you smell smoke, you know there is fire.
如果你闻到了烟味,一定是某个地方起火了 。
Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire
无风不起浪
Shoule we call the fire department every time we hear this expression?
我们是否应该给消防部门打电话,一旦听到这个表达?
I was up all night with my friend. She was so upset. Why?
我昨晚和朋友一夜未睡 。她太难过了 。为什么?
Well, she thinks her boyfriend might like someone else.
她觉得她男朋友可能喜欢上其他人了 。
He’s always “working” late and texting someone named Claire… Well, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
他总是“工作”到很晚,还给叫克莱尔的女孩发短信 。好吧,无风不起浪 。
If it seems like he likes someone else,then maybe he does.
如果他似乎喜欢上别人的话,那可能就是事实了 。
“Where there’s smoke, there’s fire”means if there are signs of a problem,then perhaps there is a problem.
“无风不起浪”表示,若有某问题的迹象,那这个问题的确是存在的 。
The expression is always about something bad,and often in connection with rumors.
这个表达谈论的一般都是坏事,通常与谣言有关 。
If people are talking about a bad situation, there may be some truth to it.
如果人们谈论一个不好的情况,通常可能就是事实 。
And that’s English in a Minute!
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