脱口说英语口语交际习语 285 put the (tin) lid on it

　　P-28：put the (tin) lid on it 造成错误
 

　　A:You put the lid on it when you asked her where her husband was.

　　A:你问她丈夫在哪儿，可真是大错特错。

　　B:I'm so sorry about that. But I just wonder why all of you never litter a single word of it?

　　B：真是很抱歉，不过，我只是奇怪为什么大家对此讳莫如深？

　　A:Because her husband has been put into the prison for a long time.

　　A:她丈夫被关进监狱已经好长时间了。

　　B:Oh, my God! And I think that she is a very kind woman.

　　B：噢，天哪！我觉得她人不错呀。

　　A:I never say that she or her husband are not good, if they're really not kind people, we will have no relation at all.

　　A:我可从没说她或是她的丈夫不好，如果他们人真不好的话，我们早就没联系了。

　　B:Then, why has been put into jail?

　　B：那为什么他被送进监狱了呢？

　　A:The story is too long to tell.

　　A:故事太长了。

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