Subject：There has to be someone to bell the cat.

迷你對(duì)話

A: My professor is so odd and he has done wrong on me! I don’t know what to do.

我的教授是個(gè)奇怪的人，而且還冤枉了我。我不知道該真么辦了。

B: Hum. There had to be someone to bell the cat. And tell him how are you like.

嗯，必須有人冒險(xiǎn)告訴他你是個(gè)什么樣的人。

地道表達(dá)

bell the cat

1. 解詞釋義

To bell the cat源自于一個(gè)故事：有一窩老鼠，因?yàn)榕仑垼圆桓页鋈フ沂澄铩Ｆ渲杏袀€(gè)老鼠想了一個(gè)辦法——在貓的脖子上套一個(gè)鈴鐺，這樣就知道貓的行蹤，從而躲避開而偷取食物吃。這個(gè)辦法得到大家的一直同意，但是問題是誰去給貓?zhí)租忚K呢？也就是我們說的：Who will bell the cat? 大家推來推求，誰也不敢去，后來to bell the cat這個(gè)短語就被人比喻為“冒險(xiǎn)去做某事”。因此，對(duì)話中“There has to be someone to bell the cat. ”的意思是“必須有個(gè)人去冒險(xiǎn)。”

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Everybody present made suggestions but no one actually offered to bell the cat.

每一個(gè)在場(chǎng)的人都提了建議，就是沒有一個(gè)人敢于挺身而出。

e.g. Mr. Miao never gives a thought to personal gain or loss and is always willing to bell the cat.

苗先生從不計(jì)較個(gè)人得失,而總是樂意為大家去冒風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

e.g. It is difficult to get a man to bell the cat.

在危險(xiǎn)中勇于挺身而出的人是不可多得的。

e.g. All the worker agree that they want a pay increase, but nobody offers to bell the cat and talk to their employer.

所有的工人都認(rèn)為要加薪,但卻沒人自告奮勇去跟老板談。

Ps：do wrong是“做錯(cuò)事”的意思，在某件事情上做錯(cuò)用介詞in。即為：do wrong in something。例如：

He did wrong in not speaking. 他不該不說話。

If he did wrong it was only through ignorance. 要是他做錯(cuò)了, 那也只是出于無知。

do wrong on sb的意思是“冤枉某人，對(duì)不起某人，錯(cuò)怪某人”。例如：

My mother did wrong on me. 我母親冤枉了我。

Ps：表示“某人個(gè)人的性格，品德等如何”用下面這個(gè)句子：How are somebody like?