"shoot the bull" 怎么发音
expression
SHOOT thuh BOOL
SHOOT thuh BOOL
释义
To have a casual and friendly conversation, usually about unimportant things; to chat informally.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈʃut/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbʊɫ
英式英语
ʃˈuːt/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈʊl
简化发音
美式
SHOOT thuh BOOL
英式
SHOOT thuh BOOL
语境中听
After dinner, we sat around and shot the bull.
They like to shoot the bull every weekend at the park.
My grandpa loves to shoot the bull with his old friends.
We didn’t get any work done—we just shot the bull all afternoon.