俚语：开门见山，直击主题
<p>俚语：开门见山，直击主题</p><p>昨天在街头的比萨店里遇到了几个高中校友。没想到，大家一起聊天的时候，竟不约而同提到了曾经的英语老师。那个老太太啊！好罗嗦噢！她好像从来都没有想到过世界上有个成语叫做“开门见山”…… 对了，考考你，“开门见山”用英语怎么说呢？“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span>”？<span word="No">No</span>！<span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="not">not</span>！是这么说的：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="brass">brass</span> <span word="tacks">tacks</span>。这句俗语自19世纪就广泛的使用开来了。 不过，语言文字专家一直没弄明白“<span word="brass">brass</span> <span word="tacks">tacks</span>”究竟指代什么。有一种说法是，“<span word="brass">brass</span> <span word="tacks">tacks</span>”是指船上擦洗干净了的铜螺钉。另外一种说它是指室内装潢交易中使用的铜帽螺钉。不管怎么说，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="brass">brass</span> <span word="tacks">tacks</span>”用来表示“开门见山，直击主题”是大家的共识。 顺便提一下，“开门见山”还可用“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> (<span word="down">down</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="point">point</span>”，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="point">point</span>”来表达。而短语“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bush">bush</span> <span word="around">around</span>”则表示相反的意思“拐弯抹角”。 来看下面的例句："<span word="let">let</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="brass">brass</span> <span word="tacks">tacks</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="cost">cost</span>?" (咱们就直说了吧，这部电脑要多少钱？) </p>
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