Category: Eng-Slang

Use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

這個人拿的正是sledgehammer:

用sledgehammer去打開nut(核桃), 真是殺雞用牛刀。

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比如有做聚會, 尤其是戶外的而天氣預報可能會下雨, 這是可以說, We will go, rain or shine. 我們不聚不散.

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I am all ears

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I have your back.

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台語的嚕，英文怎麼說。

最近專案經理常在講socialize. 是說客戶要求我們做的功能，我們推回去，但用比較委婉的方法。

We will socialize with customer (to not implement that function)

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up to scratch是說達到標準。比如說ChatGPT的回答沒有達到你的標準： the response was not exactly what you expected, or, indeed, up to scratch.

scratch golf是比一個人平均可以達到標準桿。18洞的標準桿是72.

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在這篇WSJ講為什麼人們不再喜歡Merlot，它認為電影Sideways對Merlot的負評有很大的影響。

這一句來自酒商Duckhorn講的話: “We took it as a shot across the bow and stepped up our efforts.”

it是指Sideways對Merlot的負評，

a shot across the bow: a statement or gesture intended to frighten someone into changing their course of action.

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