AEE 2688：用这些英语习语强势登场

这里是All Ears English播客，第2688集，用这些英语习语火力全开地表达自己。

This is an All Ears English Podcast, episode 2688, Come in Guns Blazing with these English idioms.

欢迎收听All Ears English播客，下载量已超过两亿次。

Welcome to the All Ears English Podcast, downloaded more than 200 million times.

你是否觉得自己的英语卡住了？

Are you feeling stuck with your English?

我们将向你展示如何变得无畏且流利，专注于连接而非完美，由你的美国主持人奥布里·卡特，雅思专家，和林赛·麦克马洪，英语冒险家，从美国亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州为你带来。

We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection, with your American hosts, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Wiz, and Lindsay McMahon, the English Adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

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不要对提升英语感到胆怯。

Don't be gun-shy about improving your English.

今天，了解美国人在英语对话中如何使用与枪支相关的术语，以及何时使用。

Today, find out how and when Americans use gun-related terms in English conversations.

你有没有走出会议室时想：“我本可以说得更好”？

Have you ever walked out of a meeting thinking, "I could've said that better"?

你什么都听懂了，但你的回答却简短、不清楚，或者不像你平时的风格。

You understood everything, but your response came out short, or unclear, or not quite like you.

也许你的想法很出色，但你的英语还没能展现出来。

Maybe your ideas are strong, but your English doesn't show it yet.

你会忘记本来认识的单词，无法自然地解释事情，而在快节奏的对话中只能默默跟上。

You forget words you know, you can't explain things naturally, and fast conversations leave you quietly catching up.

这种差距确实让人沮丧，但它也很具体，而且完全可以弥补。

That gap can be frustrating, but it's also very specific and very fixable.

我们的两分钟流利度测试能帮你找出差距在哪里，以及你的水平是B1、B2还是C1。

Our two-minute fluency quiz helps you understand where that gap is and whether your level is B1, B2, or C1.

一旦你清楚自己的水平，进步就会感觉更轻松、更快速。

When you know your level, progress feels lighter and faster.

现在就上 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 做测试，让你说英语更接近你思考的方式。

Take the quiz now at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore and move closer to speaking English the way you think.

再说一次，访问 allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E。

One more time, go to allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.

嘿，Lindsay。

Hey, Lindsay.

你今天怎么样？

How are you today?

挺好的，Aubrey。

Good, Aubrey.

你怎么样？

How's it going?

你最近有什么新鲜事吗？

What's happening with you?

我很好。

I am great.

我有个问题想问你。

I have a question for you.

你小时候——

When you were a kid-

好的

All right

……在你长大的过程中，谁总是抢着坐副驾驶，还是你们会为此争吵？

... when you were growing up, who always called shotgun, or did you fight over it?

我们两个都这样，对吧？

Both of us did, right?

对，有一段时间，我想是我十几岁的时候，我和我弟弟总是抢着坐副驾驶。

So yeah, there was a period of time, I think when I was a young teenager, where both of us were constantly, my brother and I, always wanted shotgun.

当然，作为小孩，你肯定想坐前排——

Of course you want to sit in the front seat-

没错

Absolutely

……对吧？

... if you're a kid, right?

我现在就处于这个阶段，我的孩子们都想坐副驾驶——

I'm in this phase right now where my kids all want to be shotgun-

好的

Okay

如果我丈夫开车或者我开车，孩子们就希望我们其中一个坐到后面去。

... if my husband's driving or if I'm driving, and one of us, they want us to sit in the back.

一开始我们会说：“不，我们要坐前面。”

And for a while, we're like, "No, we're sitting up front."

但后来发现，如果我们其中一个坐到后面，反而更安静。

But then it's actually more peaceful if one of us is in the back.

所以我就想：“我宁愿坐后面，这样没人吵架。”

So I'm like, "I would actually rather ride in the back, have no one fight."

有意思。

Interesting.

哦，你的意思是说，你坐后面就能维持和平，是吗？

Oh, so you mean you can keep the peace in the back, you mean?

我可以坐后面维持和平，然后让他们其中一个——

I can keep the peace in the back and let one of them-

明白了。

I see

……坐副驾驶。

... sit in the shotgun.

明白了。

I see.

好的，有意思。

Okay, interesting.

嘿，管用就行，管用就行。

Well, hey, whatever works, whatever works.

我在想，我们的听众会不会好奇，副驾驶跟“shotgun”有什么关系，对吧？

I wonder if our listeners are wondering, shotgun, what does that have to do with the front seat, right?

如果你们真这么想，那你们就错过最近的一期节目了。

Well, if so, you guys missed a recent episode.

我们马上告诉你们那期节目的编号。

We're going to give you that number really quick.

这个在之前的一集里提到过，2585集，叫《抢绿灯：如何在危险驾驶中建立联系》。

That came up in a previous episode, 2585, was Beat the Light: How to Connect Over Risky Driving.

是的。

Yes.

但我们答应过要做一个后续节目，讲更多跟枪有关的短语，因为我们发现很多像“shotgun”这样的词，你以为跟枪有关，其实不是。

But we promised a follow-up with more gun phrases because we were realizing how many phrases like shotgun we use that you would think they're about guns, but they're not.

我们用它们来表达完全不同的意思。

We use them to mean something totally different.

不管好坏，坦白说，通常是不好，枪支确实是我们文化中很大的一部分。

And this is for better or for worse, usually for worse, frankly, guns are a huge part of our culture.

它们一直如此，也许我们会谈到我们文化中枪支带来的一些问题，但奥布里，你觉得在这些习语里提到枪，可以吗？

They have been historically, and maybe we'll touch on some of the issues that we do have with guns in our culture, but to actually refer to guns in these idioms, Aubrey, is it okay, would you say?

是的，我觉得——

Yeah, I think-

尽管我们面临校园枪击、美国枪支暴力等问题。

Despite all the problems we have with school shootings, we have violence in the US with guns.

你有什么想法？

What are your thoughts?

有趣的是，“gun”这个词已经被很多短语采用了，母语者用这些词的时候根本不会想到枪。

That's what's really interesting is that just the word gun has been adopted into so many phrases where native speakers don't think about guns when they use these words.

比如“shotgun”就是一个很好的例子。

So shotgun is a good example.

我们只会想到——

We only think of the-

……汽车的前排副驾驶座。

... passenger front seat of a car.

没错。

Exactly.

我们不会去想这个习语从哪来，跟枪有什么关系，今天要讲的这些短语也都是这样。

We're not thinking about where this idiom came from and what it has to do with guns, and all of today's phrases are like that as well.

它们都很随意。

They're casual.

它们很有趣。

They're playful.

你会听到这些说法。

You're going to hear them.

你完全可以放心使用。

You can definitely use them.

它们其实和真正的枪没什么关系。

They don't actually have anything to do with actual guns.

对，从词源上讲，它们可能——我猜啊。

No. They obviously, etymologically speaking, they probably, I'm guessing.

我也不确定。

I don't know.

我没查过，但我猜“shotgun”这个词——

I didn't look it up, but I'm guessing shotgun-

我敢肯定

I'm sure

……是来自狂野西部的时代，先驱们向西开拓。

... came from the days of the Wild West, pioneers forging west.

当时确实有人坐在前面，手里拿着猎枪。

When someone was actually in the front holding a shotgun.

对，拿着猎枪。

Yes, with the shotgun.

可能是吧。

Probably.

当然。

Sure.

我确定是这样，或者还有其他类似的例子，但现在我们不会那样想了。

I'm sure it was, or other examples of that, but we don't think about it that way now.

所以别搞混了，不是说有人在前座带着枪。

So don't get it confused between saying that anyone's carrying a gun in the front seat.

绝对不是，对吧？

Definitely not, right?

没错。

Exactly.

我们只是在说前排座位。

We're just talking about the front seat.

那我们就带着这个想法开始吧，Aubrey。

So let's get into it with that in mind, Aubrey.

好的。

All right.

各位听众，无论你们在哪里收听播客，记得点击关注。

And be sure to hit follow, guys, wherever you are listening to the podcast.

如果你们错过了那一集，2585集，那你们可能错过了很多精彩的节目，因为我们每周都会推出五集新内容。

If you missed that episode, 2585, you're likely missing a lot of amazing episodes because we have five new episodes every week.

对吧，Lindsay？

Right, Lindsay?

我知道。

I know.

我们很喜欢在All Ears English发布节目，千万别错过任何一期。

We love publishing episodes here at All Ears English, and don't miss a single one.

很多听众告诉我们，一旦养成每周五天收听节目的习惯，他们就能流利起来，因为节目很有趣。

A lot of our listeners have told us that once they get into the habit of listening to the show five days a week, they built that fluency because it's fun.

这就是寓教于乐。

This is edutainment here.

没错。

Exactly.

直接点关注按钮就行，节目就会自动出现在你的Spotify播放列表里；如果你更喜欢YouTube，就点订阅。

Just go ahead and hit the follow button, and we'll drop right into your listening queue in Spotify, or if you prefer YouTube, hit subscribe.

好吗？

Okay?

是的，当然。

Yes, absolutely.

好的。

Okay.

我们来看看今天的第一个短语，就是“gun it”。

Let's dive into our first phrase here, which is gun it.

这也是跟开车有关的，意思是突然加速，开得飞快，如果你“gun it”的话，对吧？

Also about driving, which it means to accelerate suddenly and go really fast if you gun it, right?

对。

Yes.

你踩下油门，车子就猛地往前冲。

You press on the accelerator, and the car shoots forward

所以很多时候，你的朋友可能会跟你说：“来吧，踩油门。

So a lot of times your friend might tell you, "Come on, gun it.

我们赶这个绿灯。”

Let's make this light."

这大概就是我们在那期节目里聊到的内容，对吧？

And that's probably what we talked about in that episode, right?

不，我们没聊过。

No, we didn't.

就是，对，我们当时说，哦，这个是跟开车有关的其中一个。

This is what, yeah, where we're like, "Oh, that's one of the ones that has to do with driving."

然后我们就开始想，嗯，这样的词还真多。

And then we started thinking about, "Huh, there are so many."

没错。

Exactly.

对，没错。

Yep, exactly.

所以我们可能会这么说，对吧？

So we might say this, right?

我们来做个小小的角色扮演吧。

Let's do a little role play.

好的。

All right.

小角色扮演。

Little role plays.

我先开始吧。

I'll start us out.

我们要错过绿灯了。

We're going to miss the light.

直接冲过去。

Just gun it.

快点。

Come on.

所以我鼓励你开快一点。

So I encourage you to go faster.

你是想让我加速。

You want me to speed up.

对。

Exactly.

或者……

Or...

或者说，你怎么总能赢这些街机游戏？

Or how do you always win these arcade games?

比赛一开始，我就猛踩油门。

As soon as the race starts, I gun it.

这就是我的策略。

That's my strategy.

所以，这意思就是只要开得快就行，对吧？

So this would mean just going fast, right?

很多游戏，就是需要你高速前进的那种。

A lot of games, things where you just have to go at a high speed.

不一定都是开车。

It's not always about driving.

就算有人只是走在你后面，你想让他快点跟上来，你也可以说“gun it”。

You can say gun it if someone's even just walking behind you and you want them to speed up and catch up to you.

你可以说“gun it”。

You could say gun it.

意思就是——

Just means like-

对，我觉得可以这么说。

Yeah, I guess you could say that

……加速。

... speed up.

最常见的是用在车里，有刹车踏板和油门踏板的那种。

It's most commonly, I guess, in a car with a brake pedal or a gas pedal.

不过我觉得你也可以说：“来吧，踩油门。”

But I guess you could say, "Come on, gun it.

“走起。”

Let's go."

就是这样。

And yeah.

就是加速的意思。

Just means speed up.

有意思。

Interesting.

然后是“gun-shy”这个词。

And then the word gun-shy.

奥布里，这是什么意思？

What does this mean, Aubrey?

对，这个意思是犹豫或紧张。

Yeah, this means hesitant or nervous.

通常是因为过去的一些不好的经历，对吧？

Usually because of some kind of past bad experience, right?

我们有时会用它来形容情感或心理上的问题。

We sometimes will use it for emotional or psychological thing.

如果你只是像“哎呀”那样。

If you're just like, "Ooh."

甚至可能像坐过山车那样。

Maybe even like roller coasters.

如果你坐过特别吓人的过山车，你就可以说自己现在对过山车有心理阴影了，这就是为什么你——

If you were on a really scary roller coaster, you could say you're now gun-shy, and that's why you-

——不想再坐过山车了，因为你害怕了。

... don't want to ride on them because you're afraid now.

对，没错。

Yeah, exactly.

所以再说一次，这个词确实带有一种情感上的……不好意思，我的声音。

So again, it does have kind of an emotional ... Excuse me, my voice.

我感冒还没好，Aubrey。

I'm getting over a cold here, Aubrey.

没关系。

No problem.

它带有情感上的含义。

An emotional connotation to it.

心理上的，对吧，就像你说的。

Psychological, right, as you said.

非常重要。

Very important.

我们在约会、工作、生活中都会想到这一点，对吧？

We think about it in dating, business, life, right?

比如说，你打算重新开始约会吗？

So for example, are you going to start dating again?

也许最终会吧。

Maybe eventually.

上一段感情之后，我还是有点心有余悸。

I'm still a little gun-shy after my last relationship.

所以是的——

So yeah-

……我们肯定会这样用。

... we would definitely use it this way.

我们会说，‘我需要一些时间。’

We're like, "I need some time."

“我因为某种原因有点犹豫。”

"I'm hesitant for whatever reason."

我们会用这个短语，我有点心有余悸。

We'll use this phrase, I'm gun-shy.

或者他为什么不再投资另一家餐厅？

Or why won't he invest in another restaurant?

哦，他之前亏了很多钱，所以现在他有点心有余悸。

Oh, he lost a lot of money before, so now he's gun-shy.

这种情况在投资者身上完全可能发生，对吧？

This can totally happen to investors, right?

你一开始特别兴奋。

You're all excited.

投资不顺利的话，下次你可能就会心有余悸。

The investment doesn't go well, you might be gun-shy next time.

有意思。

Interesting.

没错。

Exactly.

所以你不敢往前走，不敢迈出那一步，或者说不去争取。

So you're afraid to move forward, to take that leap, that step, or to shoot for it, in other words.

英语里当然不止这些习语。

There's more than just these idioms, right, out there in the English language, for sure.

但我们还会说“带着枪火冲进来”。

But we also say coming in with guns blazing.

这个怎么说？

What about this one?

这个是指带着攻击性，或者充满能量和想法地进入某个地方。

So this is entering somewhere aggressively or maybe full of energy or opinions.

我们用它来形容某人进入讨论，有时是会议或谈判的方式。

We use this to talk about how someone enters a discussion sometimes, or maybe a meeting or negotiation.

这可能是负面的，也可能只是增加戏剧性，对吧？

It can be negative, or it can just be adding drama, right?

这个说法很有特色。

It's distinctive.

比如说——

So for example-

我们来做个——

Let's do a little-

请讲。

Go ahead

……角色扮演吧。

... role play here.

你之前很怕的那个会议开得怎么样？

How was that meeting you were dreading?

唉。

Ugh.

不太好。

Not great.

老板气势汹汹地冲了进来。

The boss came in guns blazing.

我——

I-

那这是什么意思呢，Lindsay？

So what would that mean, Lindsay?

意思就是他进来，搞了个大阵仗，很戏剧化，然后有什么事情发生了变化。

It just means he came in and made a big appearance, and in a dramatic way, and something changed.

就像他做了件很戏剧性的事，你可以这么说。

Like he did something dramatic, I guess, you could say.

这很有意思，因为如果我说“不太好”，我可能接下来会给出更多信息，对吧？

This is interesting because if I'm saying- ... not great, I'm probably going to give more information here, right?

因为“guns blazing”本身并不带负面含义。

Because guns blazing isn't negative on its own.

它不是说有人进来大喊大叫。

It doesn't mean that someone came in yelling.

就像是他们气场很强。

It's like they were a big presence.

也许他们进来时提出了很多要求——

Maybe they did come in making lots of demands-

……大喊大叫。

... yelling.

谁知道呢？

Who knows?

不管他们做了什么，如果他们来势汹汹，就像是准备好了——

Whatever they did, if they came in guns blazing, they were like ready-

……要掀起波澜。

... to make waves.

掀起波澜，没错。

Make waves, exactly.

也许你的老板带着新政策进来，比如在家办公结束了，对吧？

Maybe your boss came in with a new policy of like, work from home is over, right?

哦，对。

Ooh, yes.

所有人都必须周一早上到办公室。

Everyone has to be in the office on Monday morning.

这应该算吧，你觉得呢？

That would qualify, don't you think?

没错。

Exactly.

是的。

Yep.

差不多就是这样。

Something like that.

一件大事。

Something big.

某种大动作。

Some kind of big action.

对于这个，我通常会说“带着枪冲进来”，但我想你也可以说老板也是“带着枪冲进来的”。

And with this one, I usually say with guns blazing, but I guess you can also say the boss came in guns blazing, too.

有意思。

Interesting.

你可以把“with”省略掉。

You can drop the with.

对。

Yes.

两种说法都可以。

Either works.

我肯定两种都听过。

I've heard both for sure.

有时候我们会省略一个词，只是为了说得更快，但我也听过带“with”的说法。

One of those where we might drop a word just to make it faster, but I've also heard it with as well.

“coming in guns blazing”或者“with guns blazing”。

Coming in guns blazing or with guns blazing.

这里还有一个小情景对话。

Here's another little mini role play.

如果我们直接说，她气势汹汹地进来，立刻开始批评每个人。

If we just say, she came in guns blazing and started criticizing everyone immediately.

哎呀。

Yikes.

听起来挺吓人的，对吧？

That sounds scary, right?

所以——

So-

所以这很有意思，因为通常我们进入讨论或会议时都会小心翼翼，对吧？

So this is, it's interesting because often we do try to enter a discussion or a meeting gingerly, right?

我们会试着说，“哦，你们在聊什么呢？”

We're trying to like, "Oh, what are you talking about?"

或者……

Or ...

但如果我们不这样做，有人可能会说：“哇，她一来就火力全开。”

But if we don't, someone might say this like, "Wow, she came in guns blazing."

如果你是——

If you are-

……不是故意要那样，只是你一下子就气场很强。

... like not trying to do that, if you're just immediately a big force.

对，如果你不遵循那种社交套路——

Yeah, if you're not following the social script of what-

没错

Exactly

……就是那种你应该先轻轻松松地进入，然后——

... you're expected to do to come in lightly and sort of-

……再慢慢展开话题，用我们教听众的那些方法来打开局面，对吧？

... gradually open up to something and use all the phrases we've taught our listeners to open up something, right?

有意思。

Interesting.

有意思。

Interesting.

用你的母语，你是有个性的。

In your first language, you have personality.

你会开玩笑，会插话，会反驳。

You joke, you interrupt, you push back.

但用英语的时候，你可能会觉得自己变小了，变得更谨慎，表达得没有真实的自己那么丰富。

But in English, you might feel smaller, more careful, less expressive than you really are.

如果英语感觉像是在过滤你的个性，那可能是时候去理解为什么了。

If English feels like it's filtering your personality, it may be time to understand why.

我们免费的“两分钟流利度测试”能帮你看到是什么阻碍了你自由、自然地说话和与人交流。

Our free two-minute fluency quiz helps you see what's holding you back from speaking freely and naturally, and connecting.

另外，你还能知道自己的当前英语水平。

Plus, you get your current English level.

是B1、B2还是C1呢？

Is it B1, B2, or C1?

今天就搞清楚吧。

Find out today.

现在就上 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 做测试。

Take the quiz now at allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E。

That's allearsenglish.com/F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.

好了，Aubrey，我们最后再讲几个，就是……

All right, Aubrey, we are here for the last couple of them, which is-

……抢跑。

... jump the gun.

我喜欢这个。

I love this one.

这个挺有意思的，对吧？

This is interesting, right?

就是太早做某件事。

To do something too early.

我觉得这大概跟赛马什么的有关。

I think this probably goes back to horse racing or something-

有可能。

Probably

这是我的猜测。

... is my guess.

因为他们经常这样做。

Because they often will.

他们现在还是经常用枪声来开始赛马，那很可能会吓到马，对吧？

They still often start a horse race with a gunshot, and that will probably spook the horses a lot, right?

所以是的。

So yeah.

我觉得确实来自赛马，意思是没有耐心，在应该做之前就做了。

I think it does come from racing It's about being impatient, doing something before you should probably.

而且通常用来形容因为没等够时间而发生了不好的事情。

And it often is used to talk about something bad happening because you didn't wait long enough.

你去过丘吉尔唐斯吗？

Have you ever been to Churchill Downs?

你去过路易斯维尔吗？

Have you ever been to Louisville?

没有，我去过的赛马场都在怀俄明州，所以特别乡村风。

No, the only horse races I've been to were in Wyoming, so it was very country.

完全不是那种薄荷朱利酒的感觉——

It was not like the mint juleps-

有意思。

Interesting

……还有那些漂亮的帽子。

... and the beautiful hats.

乡村风。

Country.

就像牛仔在赛马一样。

It was like cowboys racing horses.

有意思。

Interesting.

其实更像是一场牛仔竞技表演。

It was more like a rodeo really.

牛仔竞技表演。

A rodeo.

好吧。

Okay.

对，确实很不一样。

Yeah, very different.

但我觉得也不算完全不一样，因为那确实是赛马场，人们也在赌马，那里的人也有那种氛围，但因为是在怀俄明州，所以还是很有乡村气息。

But I guess not, because it was the track, and people were betting on the ponies, and there were people there that were more like that vibe, but because it's Wyoming, it's still pretty country.

他们只是用西部骑法骑马，对吧？

They were just riding Western style, right?

我想是吧。

I guess.

有意思。

Interesting.

我很喜欢。

I love it.

好了，这里有几个角色扮演。

All right, well, here's a couple of role-plays.

开始吧。

Here we go.

那么，Aubrey，你已经告诉大家晋升的事了吗？

So Aubrey, did you already tell everyone about the promotion?

也许我有点操之过急了。

Maybe I jumped the gun a little.

我甚至不确定我是否得到了晋升。

I'm not even sure if I got it.

哦，那确实是操之过急了。

Oh, that would be jumping the gun.

哦。

Oh.

那确实。

That would.

如果你在还没确定的情况下就跟别人说你升职了。

If you tell people you got a promotion when it's not for sure.

那就不太好了。

That would not be good.

对，确实。

Yeah, for sure.

或者——

Or-

我觉得很多电视剧和电影里都有这种情节，就是有人太早下结论——

I feel like that's the plot of a lot of TV shows and movies when someone jumps the gun-

哦，完全同意。

Oh, totally

……关于某个……

... about some-

……某种公告，结果发现根本没这回事。

... kind of announcement, and then it turns out it's not happening.

或者他们以为要结婚了，但对方还没求婚，而且那个人可能根本不会答应，对吧？

Or they think they're getting married and they hadn't proposed yet, and the person wasn't going to say yes or something, right?

对。

Yes.

有一部很棒的新……

There's this great new ...

你看过詹姆斯·麦斯登演的《陪审义务》吗？

Did you see Jury Duty with James Marsden?

还有第二部呢。

There's a part two.

哦。

Oh.

我记得叫《公司团建》。

I think it's called Company Retreat.

好的。

Okay.

而且剧情里很大一部分就是讲这个的。

And there's a big part of the plot that is that.

有人打算求婚，他以为对方一定会答应。

Someone's planning on proposing, and he's assuming she'll say yes.

哦，糟糕。

Oh, no.

然后他告诉了所有人。

And he tells everyone.

他特别兴奋，当着大家的面求婚，结果明显是操之过急了。

He's so excited, and he does it in front of everyone, and he definitely jumped the gun.

她当时就……

She's like-

天哪。

Oh my gosh.

天哪

Oh my gosh

……“我们到底在谈恋爱吗？”

... "Are we even dating?"

这也太……太好笑了。

That's so sc- That's hilarious.

真的很好笑。

That's really funny.

有些事情不能乱了顺序，明白吗？

Certain things you should not do out of order, okay?

没错。

Exactly.

或者你可以说，“我还没量公寓尺寸就先订了家具。”

Or you could say, "I ordered the furniture before measuring the apartment."

哦。

Ooh.

哦，你这次真的操之过急了。

Ooh, you really jumped the gun on that one.

对，是吧？

Yes, right?

我们得先知道空间大小，才能订家具。

We need to know the spaces first before we can order the furniture.

对，就像我们说的，这里的含义是没耐心、太心急、动作太快。

Yeah, like we said, the connotation here is being impatient, being overly eager, moving too fast.

没错。

Exactly.

做事有点太实在了，对吧？

Being a little too genuine in what you're doing, right?

是的。

Yep.