Subject: Better safe than sorry.

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A: I disagree with my professor on the recent stock. But is I say it out, he may let me fail in the exam.

我不同意教授對近期股票的看法，但是我說出來，他可能不會讓我通過這次考試。

B: Better safe than sorry.

最好不要冒險去。

地道表達

Better safe than sorry.

解詞釋義

Better safe than sorry.的字面意思是“安全比遺憾好。”相當于better to be careful than to be full of regret。它的變體說法是：better safe than sorry。意思是小心不要出大錯，也就是說為了不冒險即使你費些功夫，多做些枯燥無味的工作也是值得的。因此，對話中的“Better safe than to sorry.”的意思是“最好不要冒險。”當你勸說朋友不要鋌而走險時，就可以用上這句話。

Ps 1：disagree with的意思是“不同某人的觀點，看法”，在......事情上某人觀點不同，用這個結構：disagree with sb. on sth.。例如：

He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him. 人家一不同意他的意見,他就發脾氣。

It was silly to disagree with him. 跟他唱反調簡直是自己找釘子碰。

Ps 2：say sth. out的意思是“把某事情說出來”。例如：

Don't whisper; if you've got something to say, say it out loud. 別嘰咕了, 有什么要說的大聲說吧。

Ps 3：fail in the exam的意思是考試不及格。例如：

He studied hard only to fail in the exam. 他這么用功，結果竟然考場失利。

I don't believe how you can fail in the exam. 我怎么也不相信你考試會不及格。