今天我们一起来看一个有趣的短语，“说曹操，曹操到”，中文的意思是当我们谈论某人的时候，某人就会出现在我们面前。

英语的俚语里也有一个类似的短语叫作“Speak of the devil. ”

“devil”是恶魔、魔鬼的意思，以前西方人有一种迷信，如果谈论魔鬼，魔鬼就会出现。“Speak of the devil. ”就是这个意思，对比中文就是“说曹操，曹操到。”

-I just saw John yesterday. He's doing well.

-我昨天刚见到约翰，他状态不错。

-Speak of the devil. There's John over there. Let's go say hi.

-说曹操，曹操到。约翰就在那边，我们过去打个招呼吧。

-Where has Katie been lately? I haven't heard from her.

-凯迪最近去哪里？我都没有她的消息。

-Speak of the devil. She's calling me right now. Let me answer this.

-说曹操，曹操到。她的电话打过来了，我来接电话。

-Hey! What are you guys talking about?

-嘿！你们这些家伙在谈论什么呢？

-Whoa! Speak of the devil. We were just talking about you. How's it going?

-哇哦！说曹操，曹操到！我们正在说你呢，你还好吗？