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　　【听力问题】

　　What does the man mean?

　　a. The meal is burned.

　　b. It is impossible to redeem his marriage.

　　c. He means that if one do not keep his words , their friendship must be damaged.

　　【原句再现】

　　Sorry, dear. The fat is in the fire. No way can you retract the "offer" without doing a lot of damage to the relationship.

　　对不起，亲爱的读者，生米已成熟饭，妳是不可能在不伤及双方感情的情况下取消答应人家的事。

　　【短语解析】

　　Fat is in the fire, 生米已成熟饭 。

　　补充短语：frying of fat, [美俚]勒索金钱, 榨取油水; chew the fat, [俚]闲谈, 聊天 。