shoot the breeze

英 [ʃuːt ðə briːz]

美 [ʃuːt ðə briːz]

网络  聊天; 吹牛; 闲扯

英英释义

verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  1. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  Synonym:chew the fatchatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit

双语例句

• They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning
  他们希望我晚上熬夜陪他们聊天到凌晨一两点。
• They chew the fat, shoot the breeze and swap anecdotes about random subjects: work, family, news, weather, hobbies, etc.
  人们就工作、家庭、新闻、天气、爱好等聊聊天，侃侃大山，交换一些奇闻轶事。
• The auditors used to come in and do nothing but shoot the breeze for forty minutes.
  查帐队员一来，往往啥事也不干，先吹上四十分钟的牛。
• But it was raining so hard last night I just stayed in the dorm to sit around and shoot the breeze with a couple of friends.
  但是昨晚下的太大了，所以我就待在宿舍里和几个朋友闲扯了。
• We like to shoot the breeze during the break.
  我们喜欢在休息是闲聊。
• Let me buy you a cup of coffee and we'll sit down and shoot the breeze for a few minutes.
  我来请你喝杯咖啡，让我们坐下来聊一会儿。