get sth straight spokento understand the facts of a situation and be able to tell them correctly清楚无误地了解情况; 弄清楚某事:•I wanted to get the facts straight.我想把事实弄清楚。•Let me get this straight – Tom sold the car and gave you the money?让我先把这件事弄清楚 — 汤姆卖掉了汽车，把钱给了你，对吗？get sth ˈstraightto make a situation clear; to make sure that you or sb else understands the situation明确某事；把某事弄清楚Let's get this straight—you really had no idea where he was?我们把这个明确一下，你当时真的不知道他在哪儿？ |