老外对你说 I'm in the family way 是什么意思？

不是“在回家路上”

在英文里，这句话的意思是"怀孕了"。

”在路上“介词应该用on，on the way才对，

并且on the way除了表示在路上，

口语里”to have one on the way“也有

怀孕、新生儿即将出生的意思。

例：

Did you hear the good news? Anna is in the family way!

你知道那个好消息了吗，Anna怀孕啦!

NO.2
Do you have a family? 不是问你“有没有家”
 

family我们知道是"家, 家庭",

Do you have a family?

难道是在问: “你有家吗?”

有没有感觉到这个问题很奇怪?

其实正确的理解应该是：

Do you have a family?

你成家了吗?有孩子吗?

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For native speakers the family has always been the extended family. That probably came because they had lots of contact many of my relations when I was very young.

对于以英语为母语的人来说，这里的family被认为是你自己组建的新家庭。这可能是常规的family多是在我们的小时候与我们的联系更多。

They wouldn't ask "Do you have a family?" if I were referring to parents or other extended family, unless I were a foster child or something.

如果真的想问对方的父母或亲戚时，是不会用“Do you have a family?”来问的，除非背景是你在和一个收养的孩子聊天。

更常见的情况就是直接具体的问：

"Do you have parents nearby?"

你的父母在你身边吗?

"Do you have brothers and sisters?"

你有兄弟姐妹吗?

"Do you have a family?" 的隐含义其实是"Do you have a spouse/partner and children?"(你有伴侣或者孩子吗?你组建你自己的家庭了吗?)

如果你结婚了,你就回答：

Yes，I'm married.

嗯，我结婚了;

如果你没有结婚, 你就回答：

No, I'm single.

我单身。

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