I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken.
我很怕黑,是个十足的懦夫。
I’m not a coward. I’m just being discreet.
我不是胆小鬼,我只是谨慎。
play chicken
比试胆量,互相挑战和威胁
(以吓住对手为目标的危险游戏)
意思是一项危险的游戏或者考验勇气的测验,有叫板、比试的意味。
When you're driving, you'd better not play chicken with bigger cars.
你开车的时候最好避开大车。
chicken and egg
因果难分的局面
(先有鸡还是先有蛋的情况)
先有鸡还是先有蛋目前还是个未解的疑问,chicken-and-egg意思就是难分先后的,因果难辨的。
You need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience. It's a chicken and egg situation.
现在找工作都需要有经验啊,但是没有工作哪来的经验,真是让人头大。
Getting the URL for a Web service is a chicken-and-egg problem.获取Web服务的URL是一个先有鸡还是先有蛋的问题。
like a headless [ˈhedləs] chicken
像只没头的鸡;没头苍蝇似的
like a headless chicken是指像没头的鸡,像无头苍蝇。run around like a headless chicken就是指忙得像无头苍蝇,手忙脚乱。
Instead of running around like a headless chicken, make a list of the things you need to finish and then work on them in that order.
别像个没头苍蝇似的乱转啦,赶快想一想接下来要做什么,列个单子,按着顺序加油啦。
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