假如听到朋友说他的小孩经常在‘birthday suit’的状态下到处跑，你就马上说：“我也想为我的小孩购一套‘生日服装’，哪里有卖呢？”那你的朋友不笑掉大牙才怪呢；假如你听到一位姑娘说“kiss-me-quick”，你就给了她一个“飞吻”，那你至少得挨耳光；假如你购了卖主声明要“unpeel”才能食用的瓜果，你去理解为“不要削皮”而连皮带肉吃下，那就可能损害了你的健康；假如……
这些词的意思究竟是什么，你都了解吗？千万不要误译误解闹了笑话哦！“每日一句英译汉”节目，专门挑选让中国读者容易误解的“英语陷阱”，每天一句，跟我一起学习地道翻译吧！ 来听听、看看今天的句子吧！ - Before you could say Jack Robinson, my purse was stolen.
嘿嘿，简单吧？不知道你翻译的版本是啥呢？提交你的译本，来看看详尽的正确答案和解析吧！ 【关键词】before you could [can] say Jack Robinson 【误译】在你说杰克·罗宾逊之前，我的钱包就被偷了。 【原意】转眼间，我的钱包就被人偷走了。 【说明】before you could [can] say Jack Robinson是习语（副词短语），意为“转眼间”、“突然”、“说是迟那时快”、“很快”。 你答对了吗？^_^ 
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