讓人捧腹的英語文化陷阱~Skin off one’s nose7.24
Joe很熱心公益，每周固定有一天去做義工。在他的影響下，我也參加了幾次。有一次跟他提起如果能到附近的劇院做義工的話，也許會比較有趣。有一天他拿了一份報紙，上面就有劇院要找義工的消息，我打算下班后過去看看，可是不巧碰上那天身體不舒服，下了班躺在床上就不想動了。第二天碰到Joe，問我有沒有去，我把實情跟他解釋。他聽完后說： “No skin off my nose。”我不懂，只好怔怔地望著他，心想，他大概以為我是“葉公好龍”吧。
回家查了俚語詞典，才知道skin off one’s nose是與某人有關的意思。Joe是在說我去不去其實“不關他的事”，他只是順便問一下罷了。 (摘自《世界日報》)
注：no skin off sb.’s nose 也可說成 no skin off sb.’s teeth
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