away with the fairies
US /əˈweɪ wɪð ðə ˈfɛriz/
・UK /əˈweɪ wɪð ðə ˈfeəriz/
C1 高級
idm.恍惚，夢遊
She was away with the fairies, not listening to the conversation.
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如何說道地的英式英文 🇬🇧 Anglophenia 第7集 (How To Speak British Anglophenia Ep 7)
- Away with the fairies.
離題了。
- So as an example, "Oh my goodness, sorry, I was away with the fairies," or "Oh, don't mind Daisy, she's away with the fairies." It does come from all of those terrifying stories about children being kidnapped by fairies,
所以舉例來說，「哦，我的天啊，對不起，我離題了」，或者「哦，別介意 Daisy，她離題了。」這確實源自所有那些關於孩子被仙子綁架的可怕故事，