turkey=火鸡，那 “talk turkey”是啥意思？误解了很尴尬

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⭐今日表达⭐

talk turkey

谈正事；打开天窗说亮话

指直接谈论重要或实质性的问题，不拐弯抹角

⭐解释⭐

If people talk turkey, they discuss something in an open and serious way, in order to solve a problem.

如果人们talk turkey，意思是他们为了解决问题，以一种公开而严肃的方式讨论某事。

⭐词源⭐

The origin of “talk turkey” seems to come from colonial times:

“talk turkey”似乎起源于殖民时期:

An Indian and a white man went shooting in partnership and they caught a wild turkey and a crow.

一个印第安人和一个白人合伙去打猎，他们抓到一只火鸡和一只乌鸦。

The white man, in the usual style of making a bargain with the Indian, said,"Now, you may have your choice: you take the crow, and I'll take the turkey; or, if you'd rather, I'll take the turkey and you take the crow."

那个白人，以与印第安人惯用的讨价还价的方式说：“现在，你可以选择：你拿乌鸦，我拿火鸡；或者，如果你愿意的话，我拿火鸡，你拿乌鸦。”

The Indian reflected a moment and replied,"You no talk turkey to me a bit."

印第安人想了一会，说道：“你都没跟我说（给我拿）火鸡。”

⭐精选例句⭐

Look, Mark, it’s time we talked turkey. How much money can you invest in the company?

听着，马克，我们该打开天窗说亮话了。你能在这家公司投资多少钱?

it’s (high) time (that) sb did sth 是某人该做某事的时候了

invest v.投资

invest...in... 投资...给...

investment n.投资

《末日巡逻队》Doom Patrol台词：

A: So what do you say we help each other out?

我们何不互相帮助呢？

B: You wanna talk turkey? You don't need help.

你想打开天窗说话吗？你不需要帮助。

what do you say + 句子 你觉得...?

help sb out 帮助…做事; 借钱给

《风骚律师》Better Call Saul台词：

A: He insists on dealing, so let's talk turkey.

但他坚持要跟你们做交易，那我们谈谈吧。

B: You know what? We're not interested.

你知道吗？我们不感兴趣了。

insist on doing sth 执意/坚持要做某事

deal n/v.交易