Tony在中国待了小十年了,一口普通话说得很地道,每次跟陌生人交流过后,对方第一句话总是惊叹他的华语水平如此之高,而每当这时他总会轻描淡写地说上一句:" Let's not make a song and dance about it."
大家可别误会了,Tony 这会儿说的可不是什么“我们别又唱又跳啦”!他的意思是"这可没什么大不了的!(别大惊小怪的!)" 他这里所用的 "make a song and dance about something" 是一句地道的口语,跟载歌载舞可没啥关系,意思就是对某件事小题大做、大惊小怪的意思。
to make a song and dance about something
对…小题大做、大惊小怪
【En】To make something seem more important than it really is so that everyone notices it. 使某件事看起来比它实际上更重要,以便每个人都注意到它。If someone makes a song and dance about something, they react in a very anxious, excited, or angry way to something that is not important. 如果有人为某事唱歌跳舞,表示某人会对不重要的事情做出非常焦虑、兴奋或愤怒的反应。American English an explanation or excuse that is too long and complicated. (美式英语)冗长而复杂的解释或借口。
● He used his money to help others–but he never made a song and dance about it.
他用自己的钱去帮助别人,但他从来不为此而大吹大擂。
● Suzy was there, making a song and dance about her aching feet.
苏茜在那儿,把她脚上的疼痛说得很夸张。
● She gave us a long song and dance about why she was late.
她对我们喋喋不休地解释她为什么迟到。
【Trans-Scenario 场景实例】
● I only asked her to move her car but she made such a song and dance about it.
我只是请她挪一下车,但她却小题大做。
● Look, I would really just rather not make a song and dance about my birthday, please.
听着,我真的不想对我的生日大惊小怪的,拜托了。
● You may be a bit upset, but it's really nothing to make a song and dance about.
你可能有点心烦意乱,但这真的没什么大不了的。
● But to the children of Gloucestershire, it's just making a song and dance about having fun.
但对格洛斯特郡的孩子们来说,这些不过只是为了找乐子而小题大做罢了。
● There's no need to make a song and dance of it. Just convey the facts.
没有必要小题大做。只传达事实就好了。
● We just had a little kiss, but now he's making this whole song and dance about it.
我们只是简单地亲吻了一下,但现在他却为此而小题大作。
● They're unhappy about the extra hours they've been asked to work and they're making a real song and dance about it.
他们对被要求加班感到很不高兴,他们对此真是在大惊小怪。
● The only one making a song and dance is you.
只有你自己对此大惊小怪的。
● People have to deal with problems like this every day and they don't go around making a song and dance about it.
人们每天都要面对这样的问题,他们不会到处为此而大惊小怪。
● They sorted the matter out without any song and dance.
他们一声不吭地就把这件事解决了。
● My aunt makes a real song and dance about people arriving late, so hurry up.
我阿姨对于迟到的事真的会小题大作的,所以还是快点吧。
● Our victory over a football team considerably inferior to our own was nothing to make a song and dance about.
我们战胜了一个远不如我们的足球队,这并没有什么值得大吹大擂的。
出处:头条号 @穿梭英语Transpeak