校園英語口語習慣用語第273期:start something
start something 找麻煩
【講解】
該習語是一種非正規的口語表達方式,意即 “惹事”、“找麻煩”、“闖禍”。例如:You shouldn’t have spoken like that - you've really started something now.(你不該那樣跟他説話——這下你可闖禍了。)
【對話】
A:What a mess! Why did you do so?
A:太亂了,為什麼要這樣?
B:Of course I wanted to.
B:我願意。
A:Are you trying to start something, friend?
A:老兄,你想打架嗎?
B:So what?
B:那又如何?