"flail about" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 胡亂揮舞
• 手忙腳亂

Definition

手腳亂揮，常因害怕或掙扎無法控制。也可指人在困惑或不知所措時的混亂舉動。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於口語，描述人在水中掙扎或驚慌時四肢亂動，也常用來比喻人在混亂、無助、不知所措時的舉止。不要和“fail”混淆。

Examples

The child began to flail about in the pool when he couldn't touch the bottom.

小孩在泳池踩不到底時開始**胡亂揮舞**手腳。

If you flail about on the ice, you might fall.

如果你在冰上**手忙腳亂**，可能會摔倒。

He started to flail about trying to find his glasses in the dark.

他在黑暗中試圖找眼鏡時開始**胡亂揮舞**手臂。

When the alarm went off, she flailed about looking for her phone.

鬧鐘響起時，她**手忙腳亂**地找手機。

I spent the first few days in the new job just flailing about until I figured things out.

剛開始新工作那幾天，我只是在**手忙腳亂**，直到我搞懂為止。

Don’t just flail about—take a deep breath and think about your next step.

別一直**手忙腳亂**，深呼吸，想想下一步怎麼做。