"looking over your shoulder" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 戒備
• 心存警惕
• 小心提防

Definition

因為覺得有人可能在盯著你、評判你或想抓住你，而感到緊張或擔心，通常用在怕惹麻煩的情況下。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是慣用語，不是真正回頭看，而是形容因為做壞事或覺得被人盯著而感覺不安或緊張。常與“總是”、“一直”等詞搭配。

Examples

After he lied, he kept looking over his shoulder.

說謊後他一直在**提心吊膽地過日子**。

She hates looking over her shoulder at work.

她討厭在工作中總是**小心提防**。

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

沒有人想要一直**提心吊膽地生活**。

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

自從那次事故後，他一直**戒備著**，怕再出什麼事。

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

如果你違反規定，你每天都得**提心吊膽**。

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

他離開了幫派，因為他受夠了**擔驚受怕**。