Question

are you smoking什么意思

Answer 1

are you smoking的意思你吸烟。

“Are you smoking？”直译为“你正在抽烟吗？”，但是“Are you smoking”还可以表示“你脑子进水了？”的意思。

例句

1.Are you smoking？He's lying to you.

你脑子进水了？他是在骗你的。

2.Are you smoking? Just look at what you've done!

你是不是脑子进水了？看看你都做了些什么！

“go up in smoke”意为“成为泡影”，在最开始它被用作“烧毁，烧光”。

例句

1.Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office. 

办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。

2.When he crash his car all his travel plan go up in smoke.

他把汽车撞坏了，他的整个旅行计划都吹了。

3.However their defects make everything go up in smoke.

然而，他们的缺点使这一切都成为过眼云烟。

4.He saw his life savings go up in smoke when the stock market crash.

股市崩盘后，他眼看毕生积蓄化为乌有。