☞你可以天天說英語 － ☞In the Doghouse 惹人生氣而被處罰或失寵

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Mr. Smith：How』s your wife these days?

史密斯先生：你老婆最近過得好嗎？

Mr. Gimly：Well,I don』t know. I』m kind of in the doghouse.

金姆利先生：嗯，我不知道。我好像惹她生氣了。

Mr. Smith：Why is she angry with you?

史密斯先生：她為什麼生你的氣？

Mr. Gimly：I don』t know! All I said was that she』s not looking so great now.

金姆利先生：我不知道啊！我只是說她現在沒那麼好看而已。

Mr. Smith：You said that? What were you thinking?

史密斯先生：你真的這樣講？你那時候在想什麼啊？

Mr. Gimly：Well, it』s true! I wasn』t lying.

金姆利先生：呃，那是事實啊。我又沒有說謊。

Mr. Smith：There are some things you just keep to yourself.

史密斯先生：有些事你只能放在心裡。

Mr. Gimly：Well, I』ll be keeping everything to myself for now. She won』t talk to me.

金姆利先生：唉，現在我所有事情都只能放在心裡了。她不跟我講話了。

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★in the doghouse惹人生氣而被處罰或失寵

doghouse指「狗屋」，in the doghouse 字面上的意思是「在狗屋裡」，引申為「惹人生氣而被處罰或失寵」。