魔鬼口語1000句（93）：白費力氣
1. You’re squaring the circle.
不要白費力氣了。
2. The first goal was just a fluke.
第一個球是蒙進去的。
3. We vet all applicants.
我們要詳細調查所有的申請人。
4. Tailored teaching is the name of the game.
因材施教最重要。
►the name of the game 問題的關鍵，事情的實質，事物的本質
e.g. In fishing, patience is the name of the game. 釣魚的關鍵就是要有耐心。
5. I tell the class in my opening salvo.
每次開新課我都會跟學生講清楚。
6. Bodies were strewn everywhere.
屍橫遍野。
7. It went off half-cocked.
走火了。
►go off at half cock 槍走火；倉促行事，操之過急（指計劃、典禮等尚未安排就緒即行開始）；發怒，發脾氣
e.g. Attention, please, don't go off at half cock. 請注意，不要倉促行事。
8. She made a splash with the song.
這首歌讓她一夜成名。
9. Don’t be so argumentative.
你怎麼老擡扛啊？
►make a splash 一炮打響，一舉成名，引人注目，大肆炫耀，大張旗鼓
10. She gave me the once-over.
她迅速打量了我一下。
►once-over 瀏覽一遍；草率的工作；草草過目
e.g. She gave the apartment a once-over. 她匆匆掃視了一下那間公寓。
