经典对白之二：

10-15-2
物是人非

故事梗概

本集中，Joey的经纪人Estelle Geonard死了。Phoebe和Mike结婚了，有了属于他们自己的小家。Chandler和Monica要搬进另一个新家。而Rachel也要远赴巴黎去工作……所以，大家不敢让Joey知道Estelle Geonard去世了的噩耗，怕他承受不了这一连串的变故。

Phoebe: Well, we cannot tell Joey about this. He's already flipping out about everything that's changing. This will push him over the edge.

Monica: Seriously, you don't think we should tell him?

Phoebe: Well, not for a little while. Let's just give him a few days to get used to everything else.

讲解

大家可能对flip out和push somebody over to the cdge这两个短语不太熟悉，但通过上下文，应该不难猜到其含义。flip out是个俚语，意思是“发狂，精神错乱，发疯”。它相当于go crazy或go nuts。例如：Bad luck seems to follow me all the time．It never rains but it pours．Nothing goes right．I’m flipping out about everythmg．(霉运好像一直伴随着我，一桩桩接踵而至。任何事情都不对劲。我快疯了。)

push sb．over the edge按其字面意思理解就是“把某人推向崩溃、发疯、危险的边缘。”

此外，我们常说：Although it is a kind of cutting-edge technology，it is a double-edged sword．(尽管它是一种先进尖端科技，但它是一把双刃剑。即：有好的方面，也有不利因素。)cutting-edge是一个较新，但较流行的词，意思是“前沿的，时尚的，先进的”。它也可以作名词，例如：This firm is at the cutting-edge of the software．(这个公司站在软件开发的前沿。)

如果某人自认为比你强，用英文可表达为：He／she thinks he／she has the edge on you．这里，have the edge on sb．也是个俚语，意思是“比……强，胜过某人”。如果，你想挫挫这个人的锐气，可以说：He is as proud as a peacock and he always thinks he has the edge on me. I need to undertake some action and take the edge off．(他非常骄傲自大，总以为比我强。我得采取点儿措施，挫挫他的锐气。)这里的take the edge off的意思就是“挫其锐气／锋芒”。

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