迷你对话学地道口语第173期:通晓一切

（单词翻译）

　　迷你对话：
A: Where can I get the information, Kate?
Kate，我从哪儿可以得到这个信息呢？
B: Ask John. He is sure to know about it.
问问John吧，他一定知道。
A: Why?
为什么？
B: He has a finger in the pie.
他这人无所不知。
地道表达：have a finger in the pie
解词释义：have a finger in的本意是“插手于......”“了解......”，have a finger in the pie就是指“参与某事而通晓一切”。
支持范例：
( 1 ) have a finger in
He seems always to have a finger in some funny business.
他好像老是参与一些恶作剧。
I have a finger in that case.
我与那案件有关联。
( 2 ) have a finger in the pie
Eg. I don't like you to have a finger in the pie. You are no good at such a deal.
我可不喜欢你参与那件事去了解一切，因为你没有那个能力。
Eg. She is always eager to have a finger in the pie if her neighbors plan any little festivity.
要是她的左邻右舍准备办任何小的喜庆事，她总是巴不得参与其事去知道事情的经过。
词海拾贝：
know about：获悉，知晓
Eg. I want to know about this thing now from beginning to end.
现在我想从头到尾了解这件事。
Eg. How much do you know about my subject?
你对我的研究课题懂得多少？
Eg. What do these eggheads know about practical¹ things?
这些书呆子懂得什么实际的事务？
Eg. How much do you know about the works² of George Eliot?
乔治·艾略特的作品你知道多少？