"looking over your shoulder" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 戒备
• 心存警惕
• 小心提防

Definition

因为觉得有人可能在盯着你、评判你或想抓住你，而感到紧张或担心，通常用在怕惹麻烦的情况下。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是习惯用语，不是真正回头看，而是形容因为做错事或觉得被人关注而有不安全感或紧张。常与“总是”、“一直”等词搭配。

Examples

After he lied, he kept looking over his shoulder.

他说谎后一直在**提心吊胆地过日子**。

She hates looking over her shoulder at work.

她讨厌在工作中总是**小心提防**。

Nobody wants to be looking over their shoulder all the time.

没有人想要一直**提心吊胆地生活**。

Ever since the accident, he’s been looking over his shoulder, afraid something bad will happen.

自从那次事故后，他一直**戒备着**，怕再出什么事。

If you break the rules, you’ll spend your days looking over your shoulder.

如果你违反规定，你每天都得**提心吊胆**。

He left the gang because he was tired of looking over his shoulder.

他离开了帮派，因为他受够了**担惊受怕**。