It's a long story.
總有些人喜歡問一些尷尬的問題，例如：女人的年齡問題、或問你為什么失業(yè)、為什么跟男朋友分手。當(dāng)你被問及一些尷尬的問題時，你可以這樣回答："It's a long story." ‘這是說來話長?！侨思艺f完這句話之后，你可千萬別等著聽故事，因為"It's a long story."之后有弦外之音：其實我不想告訴你。"It's a long story."雖然是說來話長，但并不代表一定沒有下文。"Let me make it short." ‘說來話長，但讓我長話短說?！?也許人家會說："It's a long story, you won't like it." ‘這個說來話長，我想你不喜歡聽。’如果你想窮追猛打或想作弄一下他的話，你可以說："I have plenty of time." ‘我可是有很多時間?！?BR> 對話來源：考試大
A：If I were Ronald, I would have found a new job.
B：What do you mean?
A：It's a long story. Anyway, if he had changed his job, he wouldn't have broken up with Susan.
B：I don't agree. Things are not that simple.
甲：如果我是羅納德，我已經(jīng)換了一份新工作。
乙：你是什么意思?來源：考試大
甲：這說來話長。無論如何，如果他有轉(zhuǎn)工的話，他就不會跟蘇珊分開了。
乙：我不同意，事情不是這樣簡單的。
It is a long story的story指‘事情的原委’，全句等于中文的‘說來話長’。It is a long story, but if you are interested I will tell it to you.即‘說來話長，但假如你想聽，我就原原本本告訴你?！?‘說來話長’一般不如‘長話短說’或to cut/make a long story short，例如：To cut a long story short, their affair is over.（總之，他們的那段情已成過去。）以上兩句成語，一說long，一說short，還有一句long、short兼說：the long and the short of it，意思是‘總而言之’，和to cut a long story short差不多，例如：The long and the short of it is that their affair is over. (= Their affair is over. That is the long and the short of it.) ‘總而言之’或‘簡而言之’英文還有另一些說法，常見的有in a word，直譯是‘用一個字來說’，只是說起來往往不止一個字，例如：In a word, Tom and Mary have fallen out.（總之，湯姆和瑪麗鬧翻了。）To fall out是成語，意思是‘爭吵’。此外，你還可以說in a nutshell。這直譯是‘在堅果殼？’，以堅果之小比喻說話之精簡，例如：To put it in a nutshell, Tom and Mary have fallen out.鬧翻了，可以言歸于好， 這英文叫做to make it up，例如：Tom has made it up with Mary.（湯姆已經(jīng)和瑪麗言歸于好。）
總有些人喜歡問一些尷尬的問題，例如：女人的年齡問題、或問你為什么失業(yè)、為什么跟男朋友分手。當(dāng)你被問及一些尷尬的問題時，你可以這樣回答："It's a long story." ‘這是說來話長?！侨思艺f完這句話之后，你可千萬別等著聽故事，因為"It's a long story."之后有弦外之音：其實我不想告訴你。"It's a long story."雖然是說來話長，但并不代表一定沒有下文。"Let me make it short." ‘說來話長，但讓我長話短說?！?也許人家會說："It's a long story, you won't like it." ‘這個說來話長，我想你不喜歡聽。’如果你想窮追猛打或想作弄一下他的話，你可以說："I have plenty of time." ‘我可是有很多時間?！?BR> 對話來源：考試大
A：If I were Ronald, I would have found a new job.
B：What do you mean?
A：It's a long story. Anyway, if he had changed his job, he wouldn't have broken up with Susan.
B：I don't agree. Things are not that simple.
甲：如果我是羅納德，我已經(jīng)換了一份新工作。
乙：你是什么意思?來源：考試大
甲：這說來話長。無論如何，如果他有轉(zhuǎn)工的話，他就不會跟蘇珊分開了。
乙：我不同意，事情不是這樣簡單的。
It is a long story的story指‘事情的原委’，全句等于中文的‘說來話長’。It is a long story, but if you are interested I will tell it to you.即‘說來話長，但假如你想聽，我就原原本本告訴你?！?‘說來話長’一般不如‘長話短說’或to cut/make a long story short，例如：To cut a long story short, their affair is over.（總之，他們的那段情已成過去。）以上兩句成語，一說long，一說short，還有一句long、short兼說：the long and the short of it，意思是‘總而言之’，和to cut a long story short差不多，例如：The long and the short of it is that their affair is over. (= Their affair is over. That is the long and the short of it.) ‘總而言之’或‘簡而言之’英文還有另一些說法，常見的有in a word，直譯是‘用一個字來說’，只是說起來往往不止一個字，例如：In a word, Tom and Mary have fallen out.（總之，湯姆和瑪麗鬧翻了。）To fall out是成語，意思是‘爭吵’。此外，你還可以說in a nutshell。這直譯是‘在堅果殼？’，以堅果之小比喻說話之精簡，例如：To put it in a nutshell, Tom and Mary have fallen out.鬧翻了，可以言歸于好， 這英文叫做to make it up，例如：Tom has made it up with Mary.（湯姆已經(jīng)和瑪麗言歸于好。）