【地道英語】Put your money where your mouth is 要

　　Rosie: Hi, I'，中英互譯;m Rosie, and this is Li… Li? Hurry up! Ah, here's the karaoke bar.

　　Li: Ahhh! Rosie, why is the bar on the top floor? So many stairs… Help me please. I'm so unfit. 我實的是很不健康，該錘煉了。我来日便往參减健身俱樂部。來日。

　　Rosie: Why don't you join the gym today?

　　Li: 算了，我还是明天來。Then I'll go every single day… I will. I really will.

 

　　Rosie: Li，翻譯, you've been saying that for months but you never actually do it!

　　Li: This time I will, I promise.

　　Rosie: That's what you always say. You need to put your money where your mouth is.

　　Li: You want me to put my money where my mouth is? 把錢放正正在我嘴邊?你不是要我吃失踪紙幣跟硬幣吧?That's disgusting!

　　Rosie: No, Li, that's not what I meant. To put your money where your mouth is means to stop just talking about something and to take action!

　　Li: Ah, so you didn't really want me to put all these coins in my mouth then?

　　Rosie: No, please don't. I want you to stop talking about joining the gym - and to join it for real! Here are some more examples:

　　A: If we played a game of tennis I would easily win!

　　B: Why don't you put your money where your mouth is? I challenge you to a game!

　　He always talks about how great the charity is – I think he should put his money where his mouth is and donate some money.

　　Li: 那麼說　to put your money where your mouth is　是指別讲鬼話，要拿出現實舉動往才行。

　　Rosie: Yes – I think it’s a great expression. So many people just talk and talk about doing things and never actually do them，日譯中!

　　Li: So you'd say you're one of those people who puts their money where their mouth is?

　　Rosie: Definitely.

　　Li: So the other day you were saying that you love singing… and here we are in a karaoke bar…Rosie說她很愛好卡推 OK, 噹初呢她实又止為了!

　　Rosie: Well yes but… I'm really terrible actually. And some of our colleagues are here – how embarrassing.

　　Li: No excuses! Put your money where your mouth is and sing a karaoke song!

　　Rosie: Ohhhh… OK.

　　Li: 我的天哪，這嗓音也太恐怖了。Maybe sometimes it's best NOT to put your money where your mouth is!