AEE 2702: 用这些英语习语笑到最后

这里是《全耳朵英语播客》第2702集，用这些英语习语笑到最后。

This is an All Ears English Podcast, episode 2702, Have the Last Laugh with These English Idioms.

欢迎收听下载量超过两亿次的《全耳朵英语播客》。

Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.

你是不是觉得英语学习卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们会教你如何变得无所畏惧、流利自如，专注于交流而不是完美，由你的美国主持人奥布里·卡特，雅思达人，以及林赛·麦克马洪，英语冒险家，共同呈现。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS whiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer.

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Coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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为了在生活中获得更多连接，放轻松一点。

For more connection in life, lighten up.

今天我们就来聊聊这句话是什么意思，并教你四种用英语表达“一笑而过”的方法。

Find out what we mean by that today, and get four ways to talk about laughing it off in English.

流利并不意味着说得完美。

Fluency doesn't mean speaking perfectly.

它意味着毫无压力、轻松自如地说话，并且以建立连接的方式进行，不用翻译，不用反复犹豫。

It means speaking without tension, with ease, and in a way that will build connection, without translating, without second-guessing.

如果英语对你来说仍然很沉重，你需要的是如何进步的清晰思路，而不是更多的努力。

If English still feels heavy for you, you need clarity on how to get better, not more effort.

我们免费的2分钟流利度测试能帮你了解你的英语现在需要什么。

Our free two-minute fluency quiz helps you understand what your English needs right now.

另外，你还能知道你的英语水平。

Plus, you get your English level.

今天就去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 测试吧。

Take it today at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E。

That's allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.

你好，Lindsay。

Hello, Lindsay.

你今天怎么样？

How are you today?

嘿，奥布里。

Hey there, Aubrey.

我今天感觉特别好。

I'm feeling great today.

我感觉棒极了。

I'm feeling great.

我们今天在节目里聊什么？

What are we getting into on the show?

我先问你一个问题来开场。

I have a question for you to start us out.

好的。

Okay.

你有没有遇到过那种事情完全搞砸了的情况？

Have you ever been in a situation where things went really wrong?

我觉得我爸运气特别差。

I feel like my dad has really bad luck.

所以在我17岁那年看大学的时候，我们去了华盛顿特区。

So when I was looking at colleges back when I was 17, we went down to Washington, DC.

我想去那边看看几所大学，我们飞到了杜勒斯机场，然后以为回程也是从杜勒斯机场飞回家。

I wanted to look at some colleges there, and we flew into Dulles Airport, and so we thought we were flying back out of Dulles Airport to go home.

当然，你肯定会——

Of course, you would-

那当然合理。

That would make sense

……大多数人——

... most of us-

我也会这么想。

I would assume that

你可能会这么想，但事实不是。不知怎么的，我们的订票是从国家机场出发的。

You would think that, but no. Somehow our reservation was to go out of National Airport.

所以华盛顿特区那边有两三个机场。

So there are two or three airports in the DC area.

我们到了杜勒斯机场，结果名单上没有我们。

So we show up at Dulles Airport, and we're not on the list.

我们去办理登机手续，结果任何航班名单上都没有我们。

We go to check in, we're not on any list, any flight.

所以我们只好自己重新规划路线，跑遍了整个东海岸。

And so we had to kind of reroute ourselves all over the East Coast.

我记得最后我们到了芝加哥，可能还有亚特兰大。

I think we ended up in Chicago and maybe Atlanta.

我也不太记得了。

I don't know.

哇。

Wow.

就为了能回到波士顿那边。

Just trying to get back to the Boston area.

那真是太疯狂了。

It was wild.

不过，是的，我觉得过个两三天我们就能一笑而过了。

But yeah, we were able to laugh it off within a couple days, I think.

好的，不错。

Okay, nice.

那真了不起。

That's impressive.

我们今天要讨论的就是这个短语，laugh it off。

We're talking about this phrase, laugh it off, today.

有时候事情真的搞砸了，得等上一阵子才能一笑而过，对吧？

Sometimes when something goes really wrong, it takes a little while before you can laugh it off, right?

对。

Yes.

我会为这事难过几天，然后最终你就能一笑而过了。

I'm going to be upset about this for a few days, and then eventually you can laugh it off.

这是什么意思——

What does that mean-

当然。

For sure

……一笑而过？

... to laugh it off?

我们开始吧。

Let's go.

今天我们有一些非常有趣的词汇。

So we have some really interesting vocabulary today.

我们要分享几个类似的短语，比如“laugh it off”这类表达——

And we're going to share a few different phrases like this, laugh it off phrases-

……就是当你能够从某件事中看到幽默的时候，对吧？

... for when you're able to see the humor in something, right?

Aubrey，你觉得随着年龄增长，你是不是更擅长一笑而过了？

Aubrey, do you feel like you've gotten better at laughing things off as you've gotten older?

你觉得这是一种随着年龄增长而获得的技能吗？

Do you think this is an acquired skill that comes with age?

其实……

Actually-

或者你是怎么想的？

Or what do you think?

……

...

我可能觉得恰恰相反。

I maybe think the opposite.

我年轻的时候……

When I was younger-

相反？

The opposite?

有意思。

Interesting

……

...

我以前特别能一笑而过。

I was really good at laughing things off.

啊。

Ah.

好像什么事都没那么严重。

Nothing seemed very high stakes.

我什么都不太当回事——

I didn't take anything-

对

Sure

……太认真。

... very seriously.

事情要是出了岔子——

Things would go-

对

Sure

……事情搞得一团糟，我也就一句“无所谓”。

... crazy wrong, and I'm just like, "Whatever."

但现在呢，

Whereas now,

有意思

Interesting

……现在事情有了更实际的重要性。

... now things have more real import.

确实。

That's true.

作为成年人，我就觉得——

As an adult, I'm like-

你有孩子，还有各种责任

You have kids and everything

现在往往更难一笑置之，但通常——

Often it's harder to laugh things off now, but usually-

……给我一点时间，我就能回过头来看到其中的幽默。

... give me a little time, and I'll be able to look back and see the humor.

我觉得对我来说，这两者挺有意思地混合在一起。

I feel like it's an interesting mix of both for me.

就是随着年龄增长，我意识到事情并没有我以前想的那么严重。

It's like, as I've gotten older, I've realized things aren't as serious as I thought they were before.

但你说得对。

But you're right.

现在某种程度上，风险更高了。

There's higher stakes now, in a way.

有意思。

Interesting.

比如你可能在度假上花了更多钱，或者大家都打算按你制定的计划来。

Maybe you've spent more money on the vacation or something, or everyone's planning to do the plan you created, for example.

所以——

So-

问题就在这儿，如果你是——

That's the thing, if you're-

……负责的人，主意是你的，计划也是你的，大家都不高兴。

... in charge, it's your idea, it's your plan, everyone's upset.

但小时候呢——

Whereas when you're a kid-

……你根本不用——

... you don't have-

无所谓

Whatever

……承担那种责任。

... that kind of responsibility.

你只会说：“无所谓。”

You're just like, "Whatever."

你只是跟着走而已。

You're just along for the ride.

我爸爸把航班搞砸的时候，我就想，"好吧。"

When my dad screwed up our flights, I was like, "Okay.

"爸，你这次干得真不怎么样。"

That was a bad job, Dad."

他可能特别沮丧，而你却在那儿悠哉游哉。

He might've been really upset about it, and you're just chilling.

你就像，"哦，我们现在在芝加哥了。"

You're like, "Oh, now we're in Chicago."

我就是很淡定。

I'm just chilling.

"没事儿。"

"It's fine."

对。

Exactly.

所以这是非常人性化的事情，在这个节目里，我们喜欢讨论非常人性化的时刻，以及如何用英语表达它们。

So this is a very human thing, and on this show, we love to talk about very human moments and how to express them in English.

所以今天的内容就是这些。

So this is it today.

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Guys, hit the follow button right here on All Ears English if you love our style of connection not perfection.

好吗？

All right?

好的。

Good.

当然，这真是一项连接技能——

Absolutely, and this is such a connection skill-

与其变得非常沮丧，然后情况变得越来越糟，如果你能——

... to be able to, instead of getting really upset and then the situation becomes worse and worse, if you can-

一笑置之，如果你能——

... laugh it off, if you can-

对

Yes

……用上这些短语中的某一个，那体验就会好很多。

... use maybe one of these phrases, then it will be a better experience.

做起来并不总是容易，但能做到的时候我们总是很高兴，对吧？

It's not always easy to do, but we always are glad when we can, right?

没错。

Exactly.

所以第一个表达就是这个，laugh it off。

So the first expression is exactly that, laugh it off.

就是我们在节目开头用的那个。

It's the one we used at the top of the show.

Aubrey，它具体是什么意思？

Aubrey, what does it mean exactly?

它的意思是，用笑来化解那些让人心烦、尴尬或难堪的事情，把它们当作不重要的事——

It means to treat something upsetting or awkward or embarrassing as unimportant by laughing-

……通过看到其中的幽默，

... about it, by seeing the humor-

……来对待它。

... in it.

没错。

Exactly.

比如，他在开会前把咖啡洒在衬衫上，他只是笑笑就过去了。

So for example, when he spilled coffee on his shirt before the meeting, he just laughed it off.

对。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

而且我觉得这在社交上也很聪明，因为当你做了那样的事，周围的人会从你身上获取如何反应的线索。

And I find that that's also really smart socially because when you do something like that, people that you're around are going to take cues from you on how to react.

如果你紧张、尴尬，或者觉得天要塌了，其他人也会感到非常不舒服。

If you're nervous, you're like embarrassed, or you think it's the end of the world, other people will feel very uncomfortable.

说得太对了。

That's so true.

这让所有人都很尴尬。

It makes it so awkward for everyone.

这事发生在我们……

This happened when we were-

在墨西哥的时候。

... in Mexico.

我们看到一位女士在走路，人行道有点不平，她……

We saw there was a woman just walking, and there was sort of an uneven sidewalk, and she-

绊了一跤摔倒了。

... tripped and fell.

天哪。

Oh, gosh.

但她站起来，一笑而过。

But she got up and laughed it off.

没事的。

It was fine.

但如果她当时觉得特别丢脸，然后跑开了，那情况就会糟糕得多，对吧？

Whereas if she would've been mortified and run away, it would've been so much worse, right?

就是遇到尴尬的事情，你得一笑而过。

It's like you just got to laugh it off when embarrassing things happen

对，成年人摔跤确实挺丢人的。

Yeah, falling as an adult is definitely really debilitating.

这确实是个大问题。

That's a big one.

你只能一笑而过了。

You're just going to have to laugh it off.

我们还有别的选择吗？

What other choice do we have?

如果是小孩还好，但如果是成年人，对，你得一笑而过。

If you're a kid, fine, but if you're an adult, yeah, you've got to laugh it off.

还有别的例句吗？

What's another example sentence?

“我以为他把我的手机掉进湖里的时候，我慌了。

"I panicked when I thought he dropped my phone in the lake.

幸好……”哎呀，我跳到这里了——

Luckily..." Oops, I jumped here-

哎呀

Oops

……跳到另一个了。

... to a different one.

对，没事，我们看下一个例子。

Yeah, no, we're on the next example

……“孩子们在取笑她，但她没有生气，只是一笑而过。”

..."the kids were making fun of her, but she just laughed it off instead of getting upset."

这个我也见过。

I've seen this as well.

我遇到过这种情况，就是年纪小一点的孩子会逗你或者拿你开玩笑，然后——

I've been in this situation where younger kids will be teasing you or making fun of something, and-

哦

Oh

如果你生气或者防备起来，那大家都会觉得不自在。

... if you get angry and defensive, then it's uncomfortable for everyone.

如果你不当回事，一笑而过，那就没什么大不了的。

If you don't take it seriously and just laugh it off, then it's no big deal.

而且这挺难的，因为有时候你嫁进去的那个家庭，他们表达爱的方式就是拿你开玩笑。

And it's hard because, yeah, sometimes maybe the family that you marry into has a tradition of showing their love by making fun of you.

那差不多就是他们表达爱的方式——

That is kind of their love way-

那你可能就不太习惯

Then you might not be used to it

——表达爱的方式，对吧？

... of showing love, right?

我就是这样。

That's the case for me.

我嫁过去的那家人，他们就是那样做的。

The family I married into, that's what they do.

他们通过取笑你来表达对你的爱，但我成长的环境不是这样的，所以感觉不一样，对吧？

They poke fun at you to show that they love you, but that wasn't the environment I grew up in, so it's different, right?

所以这-

So it's-

那适应起来难吗？

Was that hard to get used to?

挺难的，是的。

It is, yeah.

但这时候更要学会一笑置之，然后继续往前走。

But it becomes even more important to just laugh it off and move on.

没错，对吧？

Exactly, right?

对，确实是这样。

Yeah, so true.

完全同意。

Absolutely.

好，我们来看第二个，就是——

Okay, let's jump to our second one here, which is-

……'pull someone's leg'，这就是你家人在做的事，对吧？

... pull someone's leg, and this is what your family is doing, right?

就是逗——

To tease-

……或者开玩笑地捉弄别人。

... or trick someone playfully.

是的。

Yes.

所以，也许你是在恶作剧，或者只是逗他们玩——

So maybe if you're pranking them or just teasing them-

我们就用这个习语，叫“pull their leg”。

... we use this idiom, to pull their leg.

所以，“她告诉我她要搬家了，但后来我发现她只是在逗我玩。”

So, "She told me she was moving, but then I found out that she was just pulling my leg."

就是开玩笑，闹着玩，对吧？

Just teasing, just joking, right?

对，我们最近聊过玩笑、双关语和恶作剧的区别，如果你……

Yeah, we talked recently about the difference between a joke, a pun, and a prank, and if you-

……“pull someone's leg”，通常更像是一种恶作剧。

... pull someone's leg, it's usually more of a prank.

即使不是实际行动，你可能只是这样，告诉他们一些不真实的事情，只是为了……

Even if it's not an action, you might just like this, tell them something that's not true just to-

是的

Yes

……骗他们。

... trick them.

我们会说：“别逗我了。”

And we'll say this, "Stop pulling my leg."

还有，如果有人告诉我们一件真事，但我们一开始不相信，我们可能会用这个短语，说：“你在逗我吗？”

And also, if someone's telling us something true but we don't believe them at first, we might use this phrase, be like, "Are you pulling my leg?"

意思是：“你是认真的吗？”

Means like, "Are you serious?

“你告诉我的这是真的吗？”

Is that true what you're telling me?"

对，这也是问这个问题很常见的方式，对吧？

Yeah, that's also a very common way to ask that question, right?

是的。

Yes.

没错。

Exactly.

或者你可能会说：“我以为他把我的手机掉进湖里了，我吓坏了。”

Or you might say, "I panicked when I thought he dropped my phone in the lake.

幸好，他只是在逗我玩。

Luckily, he was just pulling my leg."

那可不好。

That's not good.

那可就糟了。

That would be bad.

我的孩子们会假装把我推进游泳池，或者做类似的事情。

My kids will pretend to push me in the pool or something like this.

哦，对。

Oh, yeah.

他们会假装扔东西，然后我就

They'll pretend to throw, and I'm like

我只能一笑而过。

I just have to laugh it off.

他们就是喜欢——

They just like to-

……逗我玩。

... pull my leg.

他们想看我慌一下，但其实不会真的做，所以现在我有时候会假装有反应，因为他们就是想要个反应，对吧？

They want to see me kind of panic for a second, and they're not really going to do it, so now sometimes I fake the reaction because they just want a reaction, right?

哦，那当然。

Oh, for sure.

他们想要关注。

They want attention.

他们想要个反应。

They want a reaction.

没错。

Exactly.

那“笑到最后”呢？

What about have the last laugh?

这是什么意思？

What does this mean?

这个有点——

This is a little bit-

……不太一样，对吧？

... different, right?

这个挺有意思的。

This is interesting.

它的意思是，在别人——

It means to end up succeeding after others-

……怀疑你或者嘲笑你之后，你最终成功了，对吧？

... doubted you or maybe mocked you, right?

比如说，“他刚开始创业的时候，没人觉得他会成功，但现在做得很好，所以我想他算是——

So for example, "No one thought he'd be successful when he started the business, but it's going really well, so I guess he had-

……笑到了最后。”

... the last laugh."

所以就是说，所有人都看错了。

So it's like everybody was wrong.

所以这不完全是关于开玩笑，对吧？

So it's not exactly about joking so much, right?

这是关于当别人认为你不会成功、不会成功时，你却成功了。

It's about succeeding when other people think you wouldn't succeed, wouldn't have succeeded.

“我没想到她能进哈佛，结果她最后还拿到了奖学金。”

"I didn't think she'd get into Harvard, and then she ended up getting a scholarship.

她绝对笑到了最后。

She definitely had the last laugh."

她脱颖而出——

She came out-

对

Yes

——成功了。

... on top.

这就是有趣的地方。

And this is what's interesting.

英语里很多习语都带 laugh 或 joke 之类的词，

So many idioms in English have the word laugh or joke or something like that-

但实际上跟幽默一点关系都没有。

... and aren't really about humor at all.

所以这总是挺棘手的，

So it's always tricky-

这真的很有意思。

That is really interesting

你得去搞清楚它到底是什么意思。

... and you have to find out what does this mean?

这个习语就是说，当别人怀疑你的时候，你成功了。

This one is just about being successful when people doubted you.

对，我很喜欢这个。

Yes, I love that.

今天我们还有另一个短语要分享给听众。

And there's one more phrase for our listeners today.

是什么，奥布里？

What is it, Aubrey?

这个短语是“the joke's on you or me”，意思是“玩笑落在某人身上”。

This is the joke's on you or me, the joke's on someone.

就是说，你本来想让别人出丑或者捉弄他们，

So this is like you intended to make someone else look foolish or trick them-

但结果计划反噬了，反而让你自己显得……

... but the plan backfired, and it made you look-

对，

Yes

……反而让你自己显得很傻。

... foolish instead.

是的，我喜欢这个说法。

Yeah, I like this one.

我发现我在很多不同的场合都会用到它。

I find myself using this in a lot of different situations.

我也是。

Me too.

可能是我被耍的时候，对吧？

Maybe when I got fooled, right?

然后我就会说："哦，被耍的是我。

And then I'll just say, "Oh, joke's on me.

其实就是这样。"

Actually, this was the case."

没错。

Exactly.

举个例子。

Here's an example.

"我以为我在走捷径，结果被耍的是我。

"I thought I was taking a shortcut, but the joke's on me.

结果堵车堵了一个小时。"

I ended up sitting in traffic for an hour."

这种事绝对会发生在我身上。

So this would totally happen to me.

如果我不开Waze导航之类的，我就会想，哦，这条路更快，结果就堵在路上了。

If I don't use the Waze app or something, I'm like, "Oh, this will be quicker," and then you get stuck in traffic.

对。

Yes.

真是自讨苦吃。

Joke's on me.

真该走另一条路。

Should've gone the other way.

你得用Waze。

You got to use Waze.

我伴侣常说，我们相信Waze，尤其是在你——

My partner always says, "In Waze we trust," especially when you're in-

太对了。

It's so true.

Waze 总是对的。

Waze is always right

像洛杉矶这样的地方。

... a place like Los Angeles.

这不是广告啊——

This is not an ad-

对，确实如此。

Yeah, definitely

但Waze这个应用真的很好用。

... but the Waze app is really good.

这太重要了，尤其是在交通对日常生活影响巨大的地方，对吧？

It's so important, especially when you're in a place where traffic is a huge part of life, right?

比如洛杉矶。

Like LA, for example.

没错，你肯定得用它。

Mm-hmm, you must use it.

是的。

Yes.

即使在这里也一样。

Even here.

我平时用的地图应用不会显示高速公路上的严重拥堵，但如果我用Waze——

My regular maps app won't show heavy traffic on the freeway, but if I use Waze-

它就会显示。

... it will.

我就会像……

I'll be like ...

然后你就可以避开事故了。

Then you can avoid a wreck.

哦，那当然。

Oh, for sure.

另一个例子，“我嘲笑朋友带伞，结果下大雨，我全身都湿透了。”

Another example, "I laughed at my friend for bringing an umbrella, but then it poured and I got soaked.

结果是我自己闹笑话了。

Joke's on me."

所以这也是一种自我调侃的方式，对吧？

So it's a way of humbling yourself a little bit, right?

承认自己犯了错。

Admitting that you made a mistake.

我挺喜欢这个说法的，因为它很有人情味。

I kind of like this because it's human.

我也是。

I do too.

在美国文化里，这种自嘲的能力真的很受重视——

This is really valued in American culture, to be able to poke fun at yourself-

能用这种话代替生气和防备——

... to be able to say a phrase like this instead of getting angry and defensive-

对。

Yes

……还有生气。

... and mad.

说这样的话。

Say something like this.

一笑而过。

Laugh it off.

任何时候我们能从事情中看到幽默，或者能——

Anytime we can see the humor in something or be-

对

Yes

……稍微谦虚一点，我们就喜欢这样的人。

... a little humble, we like that in a person.

是的，这有助于保持联系，而这正是关键所在，对吧，奥布里？

Yep, that helps you maintain the connection, and that's what it's all about, right, Aubrey?

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yes.

你有没有说过英语之后感觉特别累？

Have you ever felt exhausted after speaking English?

不是因为对话很难，而是因为你的大脑在超负荷运转，一边翻译，一边检查语法，一边找词。

Not because the conversation was difficult, but because your brain was working overtime to translate, checking grammar, searching for vocabulary.

但真正的流利其实感觉更轻松。

But true fluency actually feels lighter.

你花在思考英语上的时间更少，更多的时间用来和人交流。

You spend less time thinking about English and more time connecting with people.

找出是什么阻碍了你达到你想要的那个水平。

Find out what's standing between you and that next level that you're looking for.

来做个我们免费的2分钟流利度测试吧。

Take our free two-minute fluency quiz.

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E。

That's allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.

好，现在开始角色扮演。

Okay, role play time.

在这个场景里我们是朋友，那我们就开始吧。

We are friends in this scenario, so let's get into it.

好，我们开始。

All right, here we go.

你告诉诺亚今天咖啡店免费送糕点了吗？

Did you tell Noah the coffee shop was giving away free pastries today?

是的，我就是在逗他玩。

Yes, I was just pulling his leg.

你知道吗，他居然真的早起，上班前跑去了。

You know he actually got up early and went before work?

等等，真的假的？

Wait, seriously?

是的。

Yep.

他说他给你发了Venmo请求，让你付他的糕点和咖啡钱。

He said he sent you a Venmo request to pay for his pastry and his coffee too.

好吧，这下我自食其果了。

Well, joke's on me.

那笔钱我肯定得付了。

I'm definitely paying for that one.

我懂你什么意思。

I see what you did there.

这个双关语不错。

Good pun.

好吧，至少如果我通过Venmo转给他，他就不会想着报复我了。

Well, at least if I Venmo him, he won't try to get me back.

我可不敢指望这个。

I wouldn't count on it.

他总喜欢笑到最后。

He loves to have the last laugh.

不错。

Nice.

好的。

Okay.

这挺有意思的。

This is fun.

我想认识这个朋友。

I would like this friend.

对，真的挺搞笑的。

Yeah, no, that's really funny.

哎呀，糟糕。

Oh, shoot.

你刚跟人开了个玩笑，结果人家当真了，还早早起来去排队等什么东西。

You just tell someone something, pulling their leg, but then they believe it and get up early to go wait in line for something.