“Be a fly on the wall”
Communication定義
不被人察覺地觀察或聆聽某種情況。
English: To watch or hear a situation without being noticed.
例句
範例
1 / 2“I would love to be a fly on the wall during that negotiation.”
我真想在不被注意的情況下偷聽那場談判。
Use this idiom in context
Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
I would love to _____ during that negotiation.Compare with the original example
I would love to be a fly on the wall during that negotiation.
我真想在不被注意的情況下偷聽那場談判。
Write a two-line conversation using “Be a fly on the wall”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionary常見問題
- What does "Be a fly on the wall" mean?
- "Be a fly on the wall" means 不被人察覺地觀察或聆聽某種情況。.
- How do you use "Be a fly on the wall" in a sentence?
- Example: "I would love to be a fly on the wall during that negotiation."
- Should I interpret "Be a fly on the wall" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.