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有一集裡面有句話說法:He’s riding my fumes. 查了字典沒有相關資料,請問有人知道什麼意思怎麼使用嗎?謝謝 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 111.83.212.56 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1690813470.A.087.html
vicwk: 請問有前後文嗎? 可能是指"緊緊跟車在後"? 08/01 06:33
Alphaplus: 第幾級第幾分鐘是不會說逆? 08/01 08:16
ppm467: A phrase such as "He is riding my fumes" is like a wit 09/02 05:03
ppm467: ty joke in the middle of a comedy. "Riding my fumes" i 09/02 05:03
ppm467: s a metaphorical expression that describes someone who 09/02 05:03
ppm467: benefits from or relies on the remnants of another's 09/02 05:03
ppm467: efforts, energy, or resources. You are coasting on the 09/02 05:03
ppm467: tailwind of someone else's actions, like a ship saili 09/02 05:03
ppm467: ng in the wake of another, reaping the benefits withou 09/02 05:03
ppm467: t doing the same. Consider, for instance, a carriage p 09/02 05:03
ppm467: ropelled forward by the fumes of another vehicle. Furt 09/02 05:03
ppm467: hermore, this expression implies that the person menti 09/02 05:03
ppm467: oned is piggybacking on the efforts of another and rea 09/02 05:03
ppm467: ping the benefits without contributing fully. Thus, wh 09/02 05:03
ppm467: en one says, "He's riding my fumes," they are joking t 09/02 05:03
ppm467: hat someone is reaping the rewards of their efforts, m 09/02 05:03
ppm467: uch like a humorous line from a play that provokes lau 09/02 05:03
ppm467: ghter and reflection. 09/02 05:03