英语俚语天天说 第61期:别出声,让某人安静put a sock in it

 　　释义:

　　Asking someone to be quiet or to shut up.让某人安静或者别出声

　　来源：

　　The origins for this expression are unclear. 这个词组的来源不是很清楚。It's not really known why a sock is being used, or what the 'it' in the phrase refers to. 至于这里为什么用袜子以及it指代的是什么，这些也不是很清楚。 It might be a person's mouth, or it could be something else. It有可能指代的是一个人的嘴或者其他东西。

　　This phrase is occasionally¹ directed at people who are being annoyingly loud. 这个词组被用来描述一个很吵闹的人。The imagery for this idiom is that someone is being so noisy, a sock is stuff² into their mouths in order to quiet them down. 大意就是这个人很闹，所以他的嘴里被塞袜子，这样就安静下来了。

　　举例：

　　1.Put a sock in it! I'm tired of your silly jokes.

　　别讲了，你那些无聊的笑话我听腻了。

　　2. Can't you put a sock in it when I am on the phone?

　　我通电话的时候，你静一点行不行？

1 occasionally   

adv.偶然地；非经常地

参考例句：

• He went on talking,occasionally wiping at his face with a towel.他继续说着，偶尔用毛巾擦一下脸。
• I like playing football best,but occasionally I play table tennis,too.我最喜欢踢足球，偶尔也打打乒乓球。

2 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。