说得妙,说话中肯,说到点子上

 

Subject：You have just said a mouthful. 

 

情景对话： 

A: I think you should not have participated in theelection of students chairman! You are a nicestudent editor. 

我认为你不应该参加学生会的竞选的，你是个很好的学生编辑。

 

B: Yes. You have just said a mouthful. Maybe I cando nothing but that. 

是的，你说到点子上了。也许我只会做编辑。

 

地道表达 

say a mouthful 

 

1. 解词释义 

Mouthful的本意是“吃一口饭菜”中的“一口”，而say a mouthful是美国的一个俚语，意思是“说话说得中肯，说到点子上”。Mouthful在这个俚语中的意思就是“重要而有洞察力的见解”。因此，对话中的“You have justsaid a mouthful.”的意思是“你说话说到点子上了。” 

 

2. 拓展例句 

e.g. The man who said we'd be frozen up in mid-January said a mouthful. 

那人说一月中旬我们会冻僵的，他说得很对。

 

e.g.You said a mouthful when you said we ought to organize the committee better. 

你说我们应该把委员会组织得更好，你算说到点子上了。

 

e.g. Senator, I want to tell you that you sure said a mouthful when you said taxes are toohigh and you/'d work hard to lower them. Good to hear, and you can certainly count on myvote! 

参议员你说税收太高，你要努力想办法来降低税收。我要告诉你，你说的完全正确。听到这样的话很高兴，我一定会投你一票的。

 

Ps 1：participate in的意思是“参加......”。例如： 

He has invited the all battle companions participate in his wedding party. 

他邀请了所有战友参加他的结婚舞会。

 

Terry can't participate in the match because he has hurt his foot. 

特里不能参加比赛，因为他扭了脚。

 

Ps 2：do nothing but的意思是“只能做......不能做其他的”。例如： 

You just feel like do nothing but take a shower and cooling off. 

你简直什么也不想干,只想洗个淋浴凉快凉快。

 

You can do nothing but let matters take their course. 

你无能为力,只能听其自然。

 

On holidays he would do nothing but stick around. 

假日里他什么也不做，总是闲来荡去。