
Mean business 玩真的
Mean business 是表示“當真、玩真的”,沒有兒戲的成份在內,一心一意地去達成某件事,未必和“生意”business有關:
A:I still can't believe Mary got into college. 我還是不敢相信瑪莉考上大學了。
B:Well, she meant business this time. 恩,她這次是玩真的。
Mean business 也可以表示為了某種目的而來:
A:Why are the police outside? 警察怎么會在這里?
B:They mean business. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have come here.
他們來辦事。要不然他們不會來的。