
1. If you need any information just ask Annabel. She has a finger in every pie and always knows the answer.
2. When I said she has a finger in every pie, it means she gets involved in a lot of different things. But it can sometimes suggest someone gets involved in things when they shouldn’t.
译文:
1. 如果你需要任何信息,问一下安娜贝尔,她事事参与,总能给你答案。
2.我说她 ‘has a finger in every pie’,指的是她参与很多事情。但是有时也指某人参与了他们不该参与的事情。
pie = 馅饼
get involved in = 参与
a finger in every pie = 事事参与,是个多面手 [如果是某人该做的事] ; 处处干预,手伸得太长了[如果是某人不该做的事]
口语练习:
At work he is an engineer, but he also teaches English and works for a charity at weekends. He likes to have a finger in every pie.
[在工作中他是一个工程师,但他还在周末教英语和为一个慈善机构工作;他真是事事都不落下。]
My boss does not know very much, but he likes to have a finger in every pie.
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