1. Are you going on holiday?
2. I haven’t planned anything just yet, but I do have a few irons in the fire that will keep me busy across the fortnight.
3. Irons in the fire? What do you mean?
4. If you have a few irons in the fire, it means that you have a few different projects or potential ideas going on at the same time.
译文：
1. 你要去度假吗？
2. 我还没有任何计划，但我有‘一些铁在火中’，会让我忙上两个礼拜。
3. ‘一些铁在火中’？什么意思？
4. 如果你有 ‘a few irons in the fire’，意思是说你有一些不同的项目或潜在的想法正在同时进行。
fortnight = two weeks, 两周
project = 项目
potential = 潜在的，[也可作名词]
a few irons in the fire = 手中有几个项目正在同时进行 [随时看着火里的铁]，忙不开
口语练习：
I really want to go for a holiday now, but I have a few irons in the fire.
She has several irons in the fire: working, babysitting and caring for her eldly mother.
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