A to-do is a big fuss — lots of noise, excitement, or anger about something that did not really deserve it. The word carries the speaker's judgement inside it: by calling it a to-do, you are saying the reaction was bigger than the cause.

A to-doto-do is a big fuss是小題大作的騷動 lots of noise, excitement, or anger一堆吵鬧、興奮或生氣 about something that did not really deserve it為了一件不值得這樣的事 The word carries the speaker's judgement inside it這個字本身就帶著說話者的評斷 by calling it a to-do說一件事是to-do you are saying the reaction was bigger than the cause等於在說反應比原因誇張

It is a countable noun, and it almost always arrives with words of size in front: a big to-do, quite a to-do, a terrible to-do, all this to-do about nothing. It sounds friendly and a bit old-fashioned, the kind of thing said with a small shake of the head; it is common in British English and in the speech of older people everywhere.

It is a countable nounto-do是可數名詞 and it almost always arrives with words of size in front前面幾乎都會加上表示程度的字 a big to-do, quite a to-do, a terrible to-do, all this to-do about nothing像a big to-do、quite a to-do、a terrible to-do、all this to-do about nothing這些說法都是 It sounds friendly and a bit old-fashioned聽起來親切又有點老派 the kind of thing said with a small shake of the head像是一邊搖頭一邊說的那種語氣 it is common in British English and in the speech of older people everywhere在英式英語和各地年長者的說話裡很常見

Note that the same spelling has a second, much more common life in modern English: a to-do list, or simply 'my to-dos' — the jobs you still have to finish. Those two are quite separate.

Note that要注意 the same spelling has a second, much more common life in modern English同樣的拼法在現代英語裡還有第二種、其實更常見的用法 a to-do lista to-do list(待辦清單) or simply 'my to-dos'或者直接說'my to-dos' the jobs you still have to finish也就是你還沒做完的事 Those two are quite separate這兩個意思完全是分開的

In 'a to-do about the parking', to-do means fuss; in 'three to-dos left today', it means tasks. Which one you are reading is clear from what surrounds it.

In 'a to-do about the parking'在'a to-do about the parking'裡 to-do means fussto-do指的是騷動 in 'three to-dos left today'在'three to-dos left today'裡 it means tasks指的是任務 from what surrounds it從前後文 Which one you are reading is clear就看得出來你讀到的是哪一個意思