"shoot the bull" in Chinese (Traditional)
閒聊聊天說廢話
Definition
進行輕鬆友善的閒聊,通常是關於無關緊要的話題;隨便聊天。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
這是美國非正式口語,類似“shoot the breeze”,多用於社交場閤中的輕鬆聊天而非嚴肅話題。有時稍帶粗俗,但在輕鬆環境下很常見。
Examples
After dinner, we sat around and shot the bull.
晚餐後,我們坐下來**閒聊**。
They like to shoot the bull every weekend at the park.
他們每個週末在公園裡**聊天**。
My grandpa loves to shoot the bull with his old friends.
我爺爺喜歡和老朋友**閒聊**。
We didn’t get any work done—we just shot the bull all afternoon.
我們什麼工作都沒做,整個下午都在**閒聊**。
I bumped into Jake at the store and we started to shoot the bull about old times.
我在商店碰到傑克,然後我們開始**聊天**過去的事。
Let’s grab some coffee and shoot the bull for a bit.
我們去喝杯咖啡,**聊聊**吧。