【句子】-- This is so frustrating.

-- At least you’re getting your hands dirty for a change. 【ModernFamilyS3E12】

【发音技巧】This is连读；At least不完全爆破；getting闪音；dirty闪音；for a连读；

【翻译】-- 这真令人丧气。

-- 至少你是在亲自动手尝试，寻求改变。

今天要学习的表达是：get one’s hands dirty，字面的意思是：“把某个人的手弄脏”；

经常在口语中有对应的引申义：

1. to do hard work, often manual labor“做一些劳累的体力活”

或者：

2. to be involved in something illegal or unseemly“被牵涉进一些非法或者不得体的事情内”；

eg: There is nothing more rewarding to me than getting my hands dirty in my garden.

没有什么事情，能够比我在自己花园里劳作更让我觉得收获满满了。

eg: I really appreciate you guys getting your hands dirty and helping us move.

我真的很感谢你们，费这么大力气帮我们搬家。

eg: Uncle Pete has been avoiding us ever since we discovered that he gets his hands dirty working for the mob.

自从我们发现皮特叔叔在给黑帮干一些非法勾当以后，他就一直避我们而不见。

eg: No one can know about my police record—I don't want people to think that I still get my hands dirty.

不能让人们知道我的案底，我不想让人们觉得我还在干一些非法的事情。

eg: You have to get your hands dirty if you expect to get the gutters cleaned out.

如果你想把那个排水沟清理干净，你不得不干些脏活累活。

eg: I will not get my hands dirty by breaking the law.

我不会犯法，那会脏了我的手。

eg: He’s not frightened of getting his hands dirty.

他并不害怕干些脏活儿累活儿。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

The guys at the top make all the money, while the people actually getting their hands dirty make very little.

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