英语口语练习小对话 第173期:通晓一切

迷你对话：

A: Where can I get the information, Kate?

Kate，我从哪儿可以得到这个信息呢？

B: Ask John. He is sure to know about it.

问问John吧，他一定知道。

A: Why?

为什么？

B: He has a finger in the pie.

他这人无所不知。

地道表达：have a finger in the pie

解词释义：have a finger in的本意是“插手于......”“了解......”，have a finger in the pie就是指“参与某事而通晓一切”。

支持范例：

( 1 ) have a finger in

He seems always to have a finger in some funny business.

他好像老是参与一些恶作剧。

I have a finger in that case.

我与那案件有关联。

( 2 ) have a finger in the pie

Eg. I don\'t like you to have a finger in the pie. You are no good at such a deal.

我可不喜欢你参与那件事去了解一切，因为你没有那个能力。

Eg. She is always eager to have a finger in the pie if her neighbors plan any little festivity.

要是她的左邻右舍准备办任何小的喜庆事，她总是巴不得参与其事去知道事情的经过。

词海拾贝：

know about：获悉，知晓

Eg. I want to know about this thing now from beginning to end.

现在我想从头到尾了解这件事。

Eg. How much do you know about my subject?

你对我的研究课题懂得多少？

Eg. What do these eggheads know about practical things?

这些书呆子懂得什么实际的事务？

Eg. How much do you know about the works of George Eliot?

乔治·艾略特的作品你知道多少？