"shoot the bull" in Chinese (Simplified)
闲聊聊天说废话
Definition
进行轻松友好的闲聊,通常讲些无关紧要的话题;随便聊天。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
这是美国口语,极为非正式,类似“shoot the breeze”。用于轻松社交聊天,而非严肃话题。偶尔稍带粗俗,但在日常场合很常见。
Examples
After dinner, we sat around and shot the bull.
晚饭后,我们坐下来**闲聊**。
They like to shoot the bull every weekend at the park.
他们每个周末在公园里**聊天**。
My grandpa loves to shoot the bull with his old friends.
我爷爷喜欢和老朋友们**闲聊**。
We didn’t get any work done—we just shot the bull all afternoon.
我们什么工作都没做,整个下午都在**闲聊**。
I bumped into Jake at the store and we started to shoot the bull about old times.
我在商店碰到了杰克,我们开始**聊天**起以前的事情。
Let’s grab some coffee and shoot the bull for a bit.
我们去喝杯咖啡,**聊聊**吧。