He was making rather heavy weather of it .
對(duì)話
Andy: Why are you looking so pleased with yourself?
Paul: I've just helped my boss with a problem on his computer.
Andy: Was it serious?
Paul: Not particularly, it just involved changing some of the settings in his e-mail software.
Andy: Why couldn't he do it himself then?
Paul: Well he did have a go but I noticed he was making rather heavy weather of it so I helped him out.
Andy: Mr Help Desk in person!
安迪：為什么你一副沾沾自喜的樣子？
保羅：我剛幫助上司解決了一個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)問題。
安迪：問題嚴(yán)重嗎？
保羅：不怎么嚴(yán)重，只須更改電郵軟件的一些設(shè)定。
安迪：那么，他自己為什么不動(dòng)手？
保羅：他不是不動(dòng)手，是我見他手忙腳亂，就助他一臂之力。
安迪：咨詢臺(tái)先生親自出馬！
保羅說上司被計(jì)算機(jī)問題弄得手忙腳亂：He was making rather heavy weather of it。這句英文的弦外之音，是那問題其實(shí)并不復(fù)雜。Heavy weather是‘陰沉的惡劣天氣’。也許是因?yàn)楹胶Ｗ钆掠錾蠍毫犹鞖猓瑃o make heavy weather of something有‘視為畏途’含義，現(xiàn)在一般解作‘難以應(yīng)付（某些不困難的事）’或‘小題大作’，例如：(1) As I was only beginning to learn English, I made very heavy weather of a very simple comprehension exercise（我當(dāng)時(shí)初學(xué)英文時(shí)，做一個(gè)很簡單的理解練習(xí)，也覺得很困難）。(2) He made heavy weather of repairing the roof, but it took him no more than three hours when he finally attended to the job（他把修理屋頂當(dāng)作天大難事，后來真正著手工作，卻只花了三小時(shí)）。
把復(fù)雜或嚴(yán)重的事當(dāng)作小事，則叫to make light of something，這個(gè)light是形容詞，指‘輕松’，例如：(1) To keep up his army's morale, the commander made light of his wound（司令官要維持軍隊(duì)士氣，即使受了傷，也當(dāng)作沒有大礙）。(2) You must not make light of his threats（你不可忽視他的恐嚇）。今天那段對(duì)話里的have a go和in person也值得談?wù)?。Go作名詞，是‘嘗試’的意思；in person則是‘親自’，例如：(1) He had several goes without any success（他試了幾次，都不成功）。(2) You must come in person to collect the letter（你必須親自前來領(lǐng)取信件）。
對(duì)話
Andy: Why are you looking so pleased with yourself?
Paul: I've just helped my boss with a problem on his computer.
Andy: Was it serious?
Paul: Not particularly, it just involved changing some of the settings in his e-mail software.
Andy: Why couldn't he do it himself then?
Paul: Well he did have a go but I noticed he was making rather heavy weather of it so I helped him out.
Andy: Mr Help Desk in person!
安迪：為什么你一副沾沾自喜的樣子？
保羅：我剛幫助上司解決了一個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)問題。
安迪：問題嚴(yán)重嗎？
保羅：不怎么嚴(yán)重，只須更改電郵軟件的一些設(shè)定。
安迪：那么，他自己為什么不動(dòng)手？
保羅：他不是不動(dòng)手，是我見他手忙腳亂，就助他一臂之力。
安迪：咨詢臺(tái)先生親自出馬！
保羅說上司被計(jì)算機(jī)問題弄得手忙腳亂：He was making rather heavy weather of it。這句英文的弦外之音，是那問題其實(shí)并不復(fù)雜。Heavy weather是‘陰沉的惡劣天氣’。也許是因?yàn)楹胶Ｗ钆掠錾蠍毫犹鞖猓瑃o make heavy weather of something有‘視為畏途’含義，現(xiàn)在一般解作‘難以應(yīng)付（某些不困難的事）’或‘小題大作’，例如：(1) As I was only beginning to learn English, I made very heavy weather of a very simple comprehension exercise（我當(dāng)時(shí)初學(xué)英文時(shí)，做一個(gè)很簡單的理解練習(xí)，也覺得很困難）。(2) He made heavy weather of repairing the roof, but it took him no more than three hours when he finally attended to the job（他把修理屋頂當(dāng)作天大難事，后來真正著手工作，卻只花了三小時(shí)）。
把復(fù)雜或嚴(yán)重的事當(dāng)作小事，則叫to make light of something，這個(gè)light是形容詞，指‘輕松’，例如：(1) To keep up his army's morale, the commander made light of his wound（司令官要維持軍隊(duì)士氣，即使受了傷，也當(dāng)作沒有大礙）。(2) You must not make light of his threats（你不可忽視他的恐嚇）。今天那段對(duì)話里的have a go和in person也值得談?wù)?。Go作名詞，是‘嘗試’的意思；in person則是‘親自’，例如：(1) He had several goes without any success（他試了幾次，都不成功）。(2) You must come in person to collect the letter（你必須親自前來領(lǐng)取信件）。