校園英語口語習慣用語第191期:make a clean breast of
make a clean breast of 懺悔
【講解】
breast指“胸膛”,轉義指“內心的東西”,clean指“完全的,完整的”,故make a clean breast of指“全盤脫出”。
【對話】
A:You're restless. Are you in trouble?
A:你老是不安,有麻煩嗎?
B:I've done something I shouldn't.
B:我做了件不該做的事。
A:Then make a clean breast of it, you'll feel released.
A:那就徹底懺悔一下吧,你會感覺輕鬆一些的。
B:I've not decided yet.
B:我還沒決定呢。