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Boss's pet - 老闆跟前的紅人

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Set a thief to catch a thief.

This is an interesting proverb.  It may have a meaning of 以毒攻毒 “Fight poison with poison”. 

(1) Ogle

= to look flirtatiously, to stare at (someone) lustfully, 

to look at (someone) with obvious sexual interest.

拋媚眼, 送秋波

She has been ogling the man for some time.

hook, line, and sinker

= entirely; completely, 完全地(上癮,著迷)

(It is a metaphor of a fish swallowing the entire fishing in addition to the baited)

Nostalgia

懷舊, 思鄉情結, 鄉愁

As the date of my visit back to Taiwan gets closer, my feeling of nostalgia grows stronger.

找回公道 => finding justice

He eventually finds justice for what he was wrongly accused.

我認為你的話傷人

I find your words offensive.

I find your words hurting.

中文裡的 十幾 二十幾 三十幾 通常怎麼說

It depends. 

1.  Walk a fine line – 尺寸拿捏 (走在微妙的線上)
Usually when the line is blur and narrow, not much room left, and you are likely to fall out of the line.

Can’t be bothered to (do something)

= don’t care to (do something)

不在乎, 懶得

Someone has asked me about the meaning of “love on a stick” and I thought that it would be interesting to share my finding with you.  If you have other opinions, please provide your comments.  Thanks! 

On A Stick

愛在曖昧不明時最美的英文翻譯

Love is most beautiful when vague.

嘗試走成熟路線的英文怎麼翻譯

It depends on where you use it.

There is not such a term as “buygirl”.

拜金女 = Material girl = Money-grubbing girl

Old School - [n]  A group committed to traditional ideas or practices, a class of people favoring traditional ideas.  一群偏愛傳統想法的人

For example:

A shotgun approach       

An approach that aims at covering a broad spectrum, all inclusive, nonselective and haphazard.

“Having said that” or “That (being) said” or “That having been said”:  It is used when we make a bold assertion or an assertion that might be taken as bold, and we wish to soften the impact lest we seem too absolute.

See http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08142/883453-294.stm

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/42/messages/212.html

What does "without citing anyone" mean?

In general, this phrase is normally seen used in journalism to indicate that the source is not revealed, without stating where the source is from, without stating who said that.

Limerent object

愛慕, 迷戀的對象

過分的著迷的對象