2688 - Come in Guns Blazing With These English Idioms

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1. ▶ 0:06

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

   你小时候，在成长过程中，是谁总是抢着坐副驾驶座，还是你们会为此打架？

2. ▶ 0:15

   I think when I was like a young teenager, both of us were constantly my brother and I always wanted shotgun.

   我想在我十几岁的时候，我和我弟弟总是不断地抢副驾驶座。

3. ▶ 0:20

   Of course, you want to sit in the front seat if you're a kid, right?

   当然，如果你是小孩子，你肯定想坐在前排，对吧？

4. ▶ 0:30

   If my husband's driving, or if I'm driving, and one of us they want us to sit in the back, and for a while we're like, no, we're sitting up front, but then it's actually more peaceful if one of us sits in the back.

   如果是我丈夫开车，或者是我开车，他们其中一个想让我们坐在后排，有一段时间我们说，不，我们要坐在前排，但后来发现如果其中一个人坐在后排，其实更安静。

5. ▶ 1:09

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

   但我们承诺过会跟进更多关于“枪”的短语，因为我们意识到我们使用了多少像“shotgun”这样的短语，你会以为它们是关于枪的，但其实不是。

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