让人捧腹的英语文化陷阱~Skin off one’s nose7.24
Joe很热心公益，每周固定有一天去做义工。在他的影响下，我也参加了几次。有一次跟他提起如果能到附近的剧院做义工的话，也许会比较有趣。有一天他拿了一份报纸，上面就有剧院要找义工的消息，我打算下班后过去看看，可是不巧碰上那天身体不舒服，下了班躺在床上就不想动了。第二天碰到Joe，问我有没有去，我把实情跟他解释。他听完后说： “No skin off my nose。”我不懂，只好怔怔地望着他，心想，他大概以为我是“叶公好龙”吧。
回家查了俚语词典，才知道skin off one’s nose是与某人有关的意思。Joe是在说我去不去其实“不关他的事”，他只是顺便问一下罢了。 (摘自《世界日报》)
注：no skin off sb.’s nose 也可说成 no skin off sb.’s teeth
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