时髦英语口语词汇讲解第24期:In your dreams!

You wanna get on TV? 'In your dreams!'
你想上电视？做梦吧！

That phrase came in during the 1990s.
In your dreams这个短语出现在上个世纪90年间。

It meant someone is being unrealistic, very optimistic, very hopeful.
指的是，不现实，对什么东西太过积极乐观充满希望。

Any circumstances in which expectations are raised - in your dreams!
梦境是孕育期望的地方——在梦里，什么都可以实现。

It mixes two senses of the word 'dream' - what happens when you're asleep, of course, and the sense of day dream or reverie - it's a very general use.
这里采用了dream的两种意思——当然，其中一种是‘睡觉时发生的事情’；还有就是，白日做梦——这种用法很常见。

And I've heard it said all over the place in recent months.
最近数月，我到处都会听到人们这样使用这个短语。

I've heard it said when in a traffic jam, when the driver thought the road ahead was clearing.
交通堵塞的时候，司机希望前面的路畅通无阻时，

'In your dreams!' said the passenger.
乘客会说，In your dreams——做梦！

'And most interesting of all, I've now heard the phrase being extended with the pronoun changing -
最有趣的是，这个短语的用法被延伸了，因为你能听到人们把人称给变了。

you see, 'in your dreams' is the second person, but I've now heard it with a first person and a third person.
你看in your dreams用的是第二人称，但是我现在听到过人们使用第一和第三人称。

The other day I heard, 'He's going to try for a part in the movie - in his dreams!' - third person.
那天我听到别人说，‘他会去试演一部电影的一个角色’——他在做梦！这里就是第三人称。

And then one day somebody said to me, 'I hear you're planning a holiday this year'.
然后有天我又听到有人对我说，我听说你计划今年去度假。

And I remember muttering to myself, 'in my dreams'!
我记得我当时咕哝着对自己说，嗯，我做梦吧!