| 词汇 | fly on the wall |
| 释义 | Idiom fly on the wall if you say you would like to be a fly on the wall in a certain situation, you mean that you would like to be there secretly to see and hear what happens.I'd give anything to be a fly on the wall when she tells him. fly on the wallOne who is able to observe something closely but invisibly and without interfering in the situation. I would love to be a fly on the wall in John's house when he finds out his wife bought a new car without telling him. fly on the wallAn unseen observer or listener, as in I wish I could be a fly on the wall when she tells him she's pregnant. [Mid-1900s] a fly on the wallCOMMON If you would like to be a fly on the wall when a particular thing happens, you would like to secretly hear what is said or see what happens. I'd love to be a fly on the wall at their team meetings. What I'd give to be a fly on the wall when Draper finds out what's happened to his precious cargo! Note: You can use fly-on-the-wall to describe something such as a documentary film (= film about real people and events), where the makers of the film record everything that happens. For six months, a BBC film crew worked on a fly-on-the-wall documentary about their forthcoming marriage. a fly on the wallan unnoticed observer of a particular situation.This expression is often used as an adjective, as in a fly-on-the-wall documentary , where it refers to a film-making technique in which events are merely observed and presented realistically with minimum interference, rather than acted out under direction. a fly on the ˈwalla person who watches others without being noticed: I’d love to be a fly on the wall when the committee is discussing the report I wrote!fly-on-the-wall documentaries (= in which people are filmed going about their normal lives as if the camera were not there) |
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