I will tell you how the land lies, Watson.

华生，现在没有事，我可以把目前发展的情况和你讲讲。

Let Nejdanov go and see how the land lies, if he wants to—and the sooner he's back the better!

让内日丹诺夫去看看这片土地如何， 如果他愿意的话——他越早回来越多越好！

" Eh" ? (This " eh" was pronounced in a quite different tone, much lower.) " Is that how the land lies? They had better take care I don't open them too wide" !

“嗯” ？（这个“eh” 的发音完全不同， 低得多。）“这片土地是这样的吗？他们最好小心， 我不要把他们开得太大” ！