bat the breeze 闲扯
Jim: Did you have a talk with John yesterday?
Lucy: Yeah. We had a good talk and he concerned about my plight(我的处境).
Jim: Did he say that he could help you to find a job?
Lucy: At first we only batted the breeze about modern life and modern
pressure. Then I asked him if he could pull the strings(暗地里使劲).
Jim: What did he say? Not giving you a tumble (不理睬), I think?
Lucy: He promised that he would keep an ear open.
注：breeze指“微风”，bat the breeze的字面意思是“用球拍煽微风”，在此指“聊天”、“闲扯”或“瞎聊”。例如：They spent
the whole afternoon, sitting in the room and batting the breeze.
他们坐在屋子里，一下午都在山南海北地瞎扯。
发表于 2016-7-10 00:05:37