【No.61】别出声,让某人安静; put a sock in it.

【No.61】别出声,让某人安静; put a sock in it.

2014-11-21    02'52''

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介绍:
释义: Asking someone to be quiet or to shut up.让某人安静或者别出声 来源: The origins for this expression are unclear. 这个词组的来源不是很清楚。It's not really known why a sock is being used, or what the 'it' in the phrase refers to. 至于这里为什么用袜子以及it指代的是什么,这些也不是很清楚。 It might be a person's mouth, or it could be something else. It有可能指代的是一个人的嘴或者其他东西。 This phrase is occasionally directed at people who are being annoyingly loud. 这个词组被用来描述一个很吵闹的人。The imagery for this idiom is that someone is being so noisy, a sock is stuff into their mouths in order to quiet them down. 大意就是这个人很闹,所以他的嘴里被塞袜子,这样就安静下来了。 举例: 1.Put a sock in it! I'm tired of your silly jokes. 别讲了,你那些无聊的笑话我听腻了。 2. Can't you put a sock in it when I am on the phone? 我通电话的时候,你静一点行不行?