双周Language Snacks音频小栏目，让你的口语摆脱课本和程式化的僵硬和无趣，更接地气更加原汁原味。
本期我们看keep it under your hat。
A说你听说John的事情了吗？他辞职去旅行了！B说，啊？？我怎么不知道！
Did you hear about John? He's leaving the company to go travelling!
Really? I didn't know anything about that!
A意识到画风不对发现这原来是个秘密Ｂ并不知道。就说，好吧，那就在他自己告诉大家前keep it under your hat吧。B说好，我不会告诉任何人的。
Well, it's supposed to be a secret, so keep it under your hat until he tells everyone.
Oh okay, I promise I won't tell anyone else.
If you want someone to keep some information secret and not tell anyone else, you can say keep it under your hat. The idea is that something is concealed or hidden there. The phrase probably started in the times when most people wore hats every day. Although it seems very strange today, people sometimes used to put small personal objects under their hats, using the space like an extra pocket!
如果你有什么秘密不想让人知道的话，那你就要”keep it under your hat”。从字面的意思看，就是要把秘密藏在帽子底下。这个说法大概起源于大家每天都戴帽子的时代，有人甚至把体积很小的个人物品放在帽子下面，后来代指不便告诉别人的东西，也包括秘密。原来帽子下面大有玄机呢！
举个例子
I have to go out and buy my mum's birthday present now, but keep it under your hat!
我现在要出去给我妈妈买生日礼物了，请帮忙保密哦！
If you say keep it under your hat, you want someone to:
a) cover up their hair
b) put something in their pocket
c) keep something secret
答案： c)
（本文图片来自网络）
↓↓↓ 点击"阅读原文" 【查看LearnEnglish网站更多音频视频学习内容】
