Friend for dinner

    "Honey," said this husband to his wife, "I invited a friend home for supper.""What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I haven't been shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don't feel like cooking a fancy¹ meal!""I know all that.""Then why did you invite a friend for supper?""Because the poor fool's thinking about getting married."

1 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。