每日一詞 02 up someone's sleeve：某人的秘密

　　今天我們要學(xué)一個詞組： up someone's sleeve。千萬不要解釋為"在誰的袖子上"。Up someone's sleeve是指某人的秘密。在報導(dǎo)美國國務(wù)卿秘密訪問貝魯特時，報紙說："...if there were no secret visit up the Administration's sleeve ...." 意思是：要是當(dāng)局不進(jìn)行秘密訪問，那才是奇怪了。

　　人們不太喜歡那種什么事都要保密的人。People dislike those who often have something up their sleeve. 但是，一個妻子為丈夫舉行生日聚會而事先不告訴他--The wife has something up her sleeve for his birthday party，這丈夫當(dāng)然會非常高興。今天我們學(xué)的一個詞組是up someone's sleeve...