小心背后有鬼watch your back

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當(dāng)我們遇到困難或者處于人生低谷的時(shí)候,我們的家人和朋友會(huì)說 Don't look back. You are never completely alone.不要回頭看,大家一起向前沖!而今天,我們著重要講的短語卻是watch your back,乍聽意思是要你回頭看,“看你的后背”。
    后背有什么好瞧的?其實(shí),watch your back的意思是:to be careful of the people around you, making certain that they do nothing to harm you。這是一個(gè)比喻,意思就是要當(dāng)心有人或者是什么事情可能會(huì)對(duì)你不利。簡(jiǎn)言之,就是“小心行事!”的意思。這句話在好萊塢電影中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)。有時(shí)候根據(jù)語境不同會(huì)有各種隱含意思,比如,你要小心,我要收拾你,或者,你快完蛋了!但基本意思就是提醒對(duì)方謹(jǐn)慎的意思。
    Watch your back 怎么用呢?讓我們來看看下面這段對(duì)話:
    A: I think you should make sure that you've kept notes from that meeting with Alan.
    B: Yeah, you're probably right.
    A: I mean someone might say you said something you didn't--you need to watch your back.
    再看一個(gè)例句: I have to watch my back at work--there are a lot of people who would like my job.
    上面兩個(gè)例子聽起來好像很緊張,不過卻印證了“職場(chǎng)如戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)”這句老話。
    下一次,如果你想提醒某些人,你就可以tell them to watch their back。
    有時(shí)候,watch your back 還有一個(gè)更簡(jiǎn)單直接的含義,it could simply mean be careful of your back as in our body part。當(dāng)心你的腰,別讓腰受傷。這個(gè)意思就跟實(shí)實(shí)在在的人的身體有關(guān)了,所以應(yīng)該更加便于掌握。
    例句: We should all watch our back. Back pain is one of the biggest health problems people experience in life.