口语交际:她喜欢指手画脚She is a backseat driver
2017-11-17来源:易贤网

A:How many cleaning ladies does your company hire?

你们公司雇了多少员工?

B:We have two cleaning ladies. But both of them have received little education.

雇了2个。但他们都没受过多少教育。

A:Most cleaning ladies are illiterate. But some of them do a very nice job.

多数清洁工都没文化,但是工作干得不错。

B:But I actually dislike another lady. She is more capable and seems to have ideas of her own. But the trouble is she is a backseat driver with some of us. She would tell you what to do and where to put things.

但我确实不喜欢另一个清洁工。她很能干,似乎也有自己的想法。可是她爱对我们指手画脚,总该告诉我们该做什么,东西该放哪儿。

注释:

a backseat driver,比喻多嘴多舌的人,多事的人。

例句:To avoid being a backseat driver, I keep my mouth shut.为了避免乱出主意,我只好闭嘴。

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