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[交流] 【English in a Minute一分钟英语】48-Play It By Ear 已有14人参与

Welcome to English in a Minute.

If you listen to American English, you probably have heard this phrase: "Play it by ear."

What does it mean? let's find out by listening to an American English conversation.

A: Hey, what do you want to do this weekend?
B: I don't know. We could see a movie or have dinner. Why don't we play it by ear?
A: Sure.

"Play it by ear" means you aren't going to make a firm plan, but will decide what to do as you go along.

This idiom has a musical meaning too. When you don't have the written music for a song, but you play the notes that you think you've heard, you "play it by ear."

So when you are in a situation where you make a plan as you go, you're "playing it by ear".

And that's English in a Minute.
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play it by ear means you will have a casual plan but what you are going to do will depend on the situation you are going to meet.
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2楼: Originally posted by weiligao20 at 2014-01-01 17:42:08
边走边看吗?

走一步说一步,视情况而定。
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-To let things go as they may.
-to do something by feel and instinct rather than with a plan, to improvise.
-It is usually said when a person who is asked a question is not quite sure as to what to answer with.
Shirley: What are you doing tonight Bob?
Bob: Oh, I don't know...I'll just play it by ear.

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play it by ear means you will have a casual plan but what you are going to do will depend on the situation you are going to meet.
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边走边看吗?

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So when you are in a situation where you make a plan as you go, you're "playing it by ear".
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This idiom has a musical meaning too. When you don't have the written music for a song, but you play the notes that you think you've heard, you "play it by ear."
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我刚开始还以为是丢硬币,以正反面来决定事情呢。
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