第1860期Are You Prepared 'to See How the Sausage Is Made'?

Sausage can be made from any kind of meat, along with spices, herbs, sometimes vegetables, and even fruit. My favorite sausage is made from chicken, apple, and the herb sage. To make sausage, the ingredients are mixed together and then shaped into individual servings. High-quality sausage uses high-quality ingredients and costlier cuts of meat. Some sausages are made from parts of the animal that many people may not normally eat. But everything gets mixed up so much that you do not really know what is in the final product.

香肠可以由任何肉制成，还可以加入香料、香草，有时还可以是蔬菜，甚至是水果。我最喜欢的香肠是用鸡肉、苹果和鼠尾草制成的。制作香肠时，将各种成分混合在一起，然后做成单独的份量。优质香肠使用优质原料和更贵的肉。有些香肠是用许多人通常不吃的动物部位制成的。但一切都变得如此乱，以至于你真的不知道最终产品中有什么。

For this reason, seeing the sausage-making process might be a bit unpleasant for some people. In other words, some people who like to eat sausage may not want to know how it is made. If they see all the separate ingredients, they may never eat sausage again. And that is where we get the expression to see how the sausage is made. If you want to see how the sausage is made, you want to see a complex or messy process. You want to know the secrets, even if they are not very pleasing.

因此，看到制作香肠的过程对某些人来说可能有点不舒服。换句话说，一些喜欢吃香肠的人可能不想知道它是如何制作的。如果他们看到所有单独的成分，他们可能再也不会吃香肠了。这就是我们了解香肠是如何制作的表情的地方。如果你想看看香肠是如何制作的，你想看到一个复杂或混乱的过程。你想知道这些秘密，即使它们不是很讨人喜欢。

We use this expression for any situation or process that happens away from the view of others. And most people would find that situation or process unpleasant. For example, many people like to buy clothing that does not cost much money. But they may not want to know how the clothes are made so cheaply. They would rather not want to know how the sausage gets made. There are other similar expressions. You can also say we want to shine a light on something. This expression means you want to reveal or expose something unpleasant or possibly even illegal.

我们将此表情用于任何远离他人视线的情况或过程。大多数人会觉得这种情况或过程不愉快。例如，很多人喜欢买不花多少钱的衣服。但他们可能不想知道这些衣服是如何制造得如此便宜的。他们宁愿不想知道香肠是如何制作的。还有其他类似的表情。你也可以说我们想看到某些东西的亮点。这个表情意味着你想揭露或暴露一些令人不快甚至可能违法的事情。

Another similar expression is to pull back the curtain on something. This one really explains the behind-the-scenes nature of all these expressions. A curtain is a piece of cloth or fabric that covers a window. It can hide what is happening inside a room. So, if you pull back the curtain on a process or way of doing something, you reveal how something is created or how it operates in private. And if you pull back the curtain on a person, you reveal how they act when they are away from public view. You reveal their true personality or you expose their true intent.

另一个类似的表达是拉开某事的帷幕。这个真的解释了所有这些表达的幕后本质。窗帘是覆盖窗户的一块布或织物。它可以隐藏房间内发生的事情。因此，如果您拉开某个过程或做某事的方式的帷幕，您就会揭示某件事是如何创建的，或者它是如何私下运作的。如果你拉开一个人的窗帘，你就会揭示他们在远离公众视野时的行为。你揭示了他们的真实个性，或者你暴露了他们的真实意图。