老外常说的“You never know ”是什么意思？

You never know？你永远都不会知道？这是在显摆自己知道的秘密有多高级？还是在鄙视对方的理解能力太低？其实这是一句老外的日常用语也经常出现在美剧中今天一起来看看真正的意思吧01“You never know”是什么意思？You never know是一个地道的口语表达意思是：很难说，很难预料例：You never know, she might change her mind. 很难说，她或许会改变想法。类似的，You never can tell = 很难说，没法预料例：Who knows what will happen to Peter and me in the future, you never can tell. 谁知道彼得和我将来会怎么样呢？永远无法预料。02“know what's what”是什么意思？know除了“知道”还有“熟悉；通晓”的意思比如：①know what's what = 懂行；老练例：Lydia's been in the business for 10 years, she knows what's what. Lydia从事这一行已有10年了，她很懂行。②know sth inside out = 精通；对…了如指掌例：He knows the system inside out. 他对该体系了如指掌。③know sth back to front = 熟谙；对…了如指掌例：She knows her part in the play back to front. 她熟谙自己在剧中的角色。03“know-it-all”是什么意思？当别人说你know-it-all可不是在夸你，而是在讽刺这个美式短语是：自以为无所不知的人英式英语中则常用know-all例：She is such a know-it-all, she always thinks she is right. 她自以为是个百事通，总认为自己是对的！类似的短语know all the answers = 自以为比别人知道得多，自恃聪明例：Allison thinks she knows all the answers, but she's clueless about a lot of things.艾莉森自以为比别人懂得多，但她对很多事情一无所知。04“know your place”是什么意思？know your place意思是：安分守己；安于现状例：I just get on with my job and do as I'm told, I know my place. 我只是按吩咐做好我的工作，我很守本分。