迷你對話學地道口語第510期:閉嘴

Subject: Put a lid on it.

迷你對話

A: Hi! Do you know the professor’s perspective is wrong.

你好！你知道教授的觀點是什麼嗎？

B: Put a lid on it.

閉嘴。

地道表達

put a lid on something

1. 解詞釋義

Put a lid on something的意思是（對談論的話題）閉嘴，不要說了，安靜下來。其英文解釋如下：something that you say in order to tell someone to stop talking.

2. 拓展例句

e.g. If he does, you can give me a call and I'll come over and tell him to put a lid on it.

那個人要是再來找麻煩，你就打電話給我，我來讓他閉嘴！

e.g. Would you please put a lid on all that chatter, I'm trying to work.

可不可以請你不要講話了，我在工作。

3. 視野拓展

Put a lid on something還有一個意思是“限制，禁止”或“遮掩，隱瞞（真相，實情）”。例如：

new law will put a lid on government spending.

新法律將限制政府開支。

e.g. Government makes a move to put a lid on gambling.

政府已經採取行動取締賭博。

e.g. We must make this movement thorough and deep-going and carry this struggle through to the end. On no account should we try to put a lid on it.

我們一定要把這場鬥爭搞深搞透，進行到底，決不能捂蓋子。

e.g. They tell us to put a lid on the report until the campaign is over.

他們告訴我們競選結束之前，先隱瞞那份報告。