Subject: Let’s get it straight.

迷你對話

A: The customer promised to sign the contract. But this morning he called me and said that he won’t sign it.

顧客承若會簽合同的，但是今早打電話過來說他不想簽了。

B: Why? Is there something wrong? Let’s get it straight.

為何？出什么問題呢？咱們把事情搞清楚來。

地道表達

get something straight

1. 解詞釋義

Get something straight的意思是“把……弄清楚”。用來表示對方講出一件你感到吃驚或難以理解的事情，你想弄清楚它的真正含義或做進一步的了解，就可以用這個短語。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. Sorry that I can not knock off on time. There's a lot of things we've got to get straight.

對不起，我不能準時下班，因為有許多事情我們需要搞清楚。

e.g. There must be some misunderstandings. Let’s get it straight.

一定是有什么誤會了，我們得把事情弄清楚來。