"not know your own strength" in Chinese (Traditional)
不知道自己的力量
Definition
用來形容某人因不知道自己有多強而做事超過了原本的力道。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
這個片語常帶幽默色彩,形容因不自覺地用太大力氣而弄壞東西,也可以泛指無意間過度用力的行為。
Examples
He broke the door handle because he did not know his own strength.
他把門把手弄斷了,因為他**不知道自己的力量**。
Sometimes children don't know their own strength and break their toys.
有時候孩子們**不知道自己的力量**而弄壞玩具。
You do not know your own strength when you carry those heavy bags so easily.
你搬那些重袋子那麼輕鬆,**你不知道自己的力量**。
She hugged me so tightly that I almost couldn't breathe—she really doesn't know her own strength!
她抱我抱得太緊了,我差點喘不過氣—她真的**不知道自己的力量**!
Sorry about your chair—I guess I didn't know my own strength when I sat down!
不好意思弄壞了你的椅子—我坐下時大概**不知道自己的力量**!
He snapped the broom in half—he really doesn't know his own strength sometimes.
他把掃帚都折斷了—有時他真的**不知道自己的力量**。