Name: 從娛樂中學習 10 個英文成語 (Learn 10 ENGLISH IDIOMS from Entertainment)
Uploaded: 2025-07-19T22:13:14.000Z
Duration: 11 min 46 s

In today's video, we're going to look at 10 idioms from the world of entertainment.

在今天的視頻中，我們將瞭解來自娛樂界的 10 個成語。

Now, although these come from entertainment and they apply to entertainment situations, they also apply to other situations in everyday life.

現在，雖然這些都來自娛樂，適用於娛樂場合，但它們也適用於日常生活中的其他場合。

So, we're going to look at the show must go on, to run the show, be in the limelight, 15 minutes of fame, and a showstopper, to start.

是以，我們要看看錶演必須繼續下去，要跑龍套，要出風頭，要有 15 分鐘的名氣，要有表演的開始。

So, what does it mean the show must go on?

那麼，演出必須繼續是什麼意思呢？

So, I know most of you probably know this expression from Queen's song, the show must go on.

所以，我知道你們大多數人可能都知道皇后樂隊的這首歌，"演出必須繼續"。

I'm not going to sing it for you because I don't have a very nice voice, but basically that's what it means.

我不會唱給你們聽，因為我的嗓子不太好，但基本上就是這個意思。

You have a ballet or you have a theatre play.

Let's say we're looking at a ballet, and the main dancer, you know, she's twirling around doing her dance, and suddenly she falls and breaks her leg.

比方說，我們在看一出芭蕾舞劇，女主角扭來扭去跳著舞，突然摔了一跤，摔斷了腿。

Does this mean that the dance or the show is over and they stop it and they give everybody back their tickets, their money?

這是否意味著舞蹈或表演結束了，他們會停止表演並把票和錢還給大家？

They take this dancer off, somebody else comes in her place or his place, and they continue dancing and get back on track till the end.

他們把這個舞者換下來，其他人代替她或他的位置，然後他們繼續跳舞，直到結束。

If an actor forgets his line or her line, the other actors, what they must do is they must improvise.

如果一個演員忘記了自己的臺詞，其他演員就必須即興發揮。

Meaning that they have to look at the situation, make new lines, make new words, get the story back on track of the play, and then continue till the end.

這意味著，他們必須審時度勢，創造新的臺詞、新的詞語，讓故事回到戲劇的軌道上，然後繼續下去，直到結束。

So, basically the show must go on means you can't stop.

所以，演出必須繼續，這意味著你不能停下來。

If there's trouble, if there's problems, if something unexpected happens, it doesn't matter.

如果有麻煩，如果有問題，如果有意想不到的事情發生，都沒關係。

So, if you think about politics, if you think about a restaurant, okay?

所以，如果你考慮政治，如果你考慮餐館，好嗎？

Let's say in the restaurant, the chef is making some dishes, and there's been an accident, and everything goes up on fire.

比方說，在餐廳裡，廚師正在做菜，結果發生了意外，所有東西都著火了。

Do they close the restaurant and tell all the guests to go home?

他們會關閉餐廳，讓所有客人回家嗎？

They put out the fire, they move things around, they improvise, and they get the guests their dishes, their food, they make everybody happy because the show must go on.

他們救火、搬東西、隨機應變，為客人們準備菜餚和食物，讓每個人都開心，因為演出必須繼續。

Politics, if a politician has an accident and can't come to vote, all the other politicians must continue anyway.

政治上，如果一個政治家出了意外，不能來投票，那麼其他政治家無論如何都必須繼續。

So, somebody has to manage, somebody has to be in charge of making sure that the show happens, the director.

是以，必須有人來管理，必須有人來負責確保演出的進行，這就是導演。

But in any other situation, in business especially, we use this expression to show to be...

但在任何其他情況下，尤其是在商業活動中，我們都會用這種表達方式來表示自己是......

Somebody is in charge, somebody is in control.

So, for example, a lot of my staff are very angry and they don't want to do something I say.

是以，舉個例子，我的很多員工都非常生氣，他們不想做我說的事情。

So, I have to tell them, listen, I'm the one running the show, that's what I say, that's what you do, and that's what they do.

所以，我必須告訴他們，聽著，我才是主持大局的人，我是這麼說的，你們是這麼做的，他們也是這麼做的。

Now, in the old days of performances, there used to be, like, a big spotlight on the actors, or the singers, etc.

現在，在過去的演出中，演員或歌手等都會被聚光燈照亮。

And I don't know exactly, but it used to come from some chemical, like, associated with actual lime.

我也不太清楚，但它曾經來自某種化學物質，比如，與真正的石灰有關的化學物質。

That's how they made it very bright, and they put the light, you know, the big circle on the stage around the actor or the singer, and he or she is very lit up.

他們就是這樣把舞臺弄得非常明亮，他們把燈光，你知道，舞臺上演員或歌手周圍的大圓圈，照得他或她非常亮。

To be in the limelight means to be the center of attention, the center of focus, to have all eyes on you.

出風頭意味著成為眾人矚目的焦點，讓所有人的目光都聚焦在你身上。

Doesn't actually have to have any light involved, but it just means that you're the center of attention and everybody's looking to see what you will do.

實際上不一定要有燈光，但這意味著你是眾人矚目的焦點，每個人都在看你會怎麼做。

So, if you're in the news, for whatever reason, good or bad, means that you're in the limelight.

是以，如果你上了新聞，不管是出於什麼原因，好的還是壞的，都意味著你是眾人矚目的焦點。

Everybody is looking to see what you're doing, what you're saying, etc.

每個人都在關注你在做什麼、說什麼等等。

Which is somewhat related to 15 minutes of fame.

這與 "成名 15 分鐘 "有些關聯。

Now, in the 1970s, there was a famous artist called Andy Warhol.

20 世紀 70 年代，有一位著名的藝術家叫安迪-沃霍爾。

But he said that every person in the world will be famous for at least 15 minutes.

但他說，世界上每個人至少會出名 15 分鐘。

So now, we basically talk about somebody's 15 minutes of fame.

所以，現在我們談論的基本上都是某人的 15 分鐘成名時間。

Today, you would think of it as something going viral.

今天，你會認為這是一種病毒式傳播。

You know this expression because it's from the internet.

你知道這種說法是因為它來自互聯網。

If something goes viral, it means it becomes very widespread, very quickly, and whoever's in that video becomes very famous.

如果某件事情被病毒式傳播，就意味著它很快就會廣為流傳，視頻中的人也會變得非常有名。

He was a British guy, I think, and he was talking about the situation with North and South Korea, and he was giving an interview to the BBC.

我想他是個英國人，他在接受英國廣播公司採訪時談到了南北北韓的局勢。

And during his interview, he had a home office.

在他接受採訪時，他有一個家庭辦公室。

His two-year-old daughter walks into the room and, you know, she's dancing and singing, having a good time.

他兩歲的女兒走進房間，又唱又跳，玩得不亦樂乎。

And then his wife comes in and grabs the girl and takes her out, and the interview goes on because, you know, the show must go on.

然後他的妻子進來，抓住那個女孩，把她帶出去，採訪繼續進行，因為，你知道，節目必須繼續。

And then, the next day, the whole world knows about this little interview, and the little girl, and they become famous, and they have more interviews.

然後，第二天，全世界都知道了這個小採訪和這個小女孩，他們出名了，接受了更多的採訪。

And today, if you ask anybody about this situation, nobody remembers.

而今天，如果你向任何人打聽這種情況，沒有人會記得。

So, you know, that professor had his 15 minutes of fame, and now he's back to being just some professor in a university somewhere in the world.

所以，你知道，那位教授曾有過 15 分鐘的名氣，現在他又變回了世界上某所大學裡的某個教授。

If something is a showstopper, basically, it means it stops the show.

如果某樣東西是 "表演阻礙"，基本上就意味著它讓表演停止了。

Because it is so amazing that the rest of the best part, it's the most amazing thing.

因為它太神奇了，其他最精彩的部分，它才是最神奇的。

We can talk about this, about anything that we want to say is amazing or awesome.

我們可以談論這個，談論任何我們想說的令人驚歎或令人敬畏的事情。

So, like, you have a wedding, you know, everybody's sitting down, it's a beautiful church, it's a beautiful setup, flowers, everything.

所以，就像你有一個婚禮，你知道，每個人都坐下來，這是一個美麗的教堂，這是一個美麗的設置，鮮花，一切。

And then, suddenly, the bride comes out, and she's just a showstopper.

突然，新娘走了出來，她簡直是個大明星。

She's just beautiful, and nobody notices anything else except for her.

她就是這麼漂亮，除了她，沒人會注意到其他東西。

And then, the wedding goes on, and things like that.

然後，婚禮繼續進行，諸如此類。

Okay, so now, we're going to look at five more, and we're going to look at steal the show, to steal the show, to steal someone's thunder, bring down the curtains, break a leg, and behind the scenes.

好了，現在我們再來看看另外五個方面，分別是 "搶風頭"、"搶風頭"、"搶別人風頭"、"拉下帷幕"、"打斷一條腿 "和 "幕後"。

To steal the show means to basically grab all the attention, to take all the focus away from what's around the person or thing in question.

搶風頭的意思基本上就是搶奪所有的注意力，把所有的焦點從當事人或事物周圍的事物上移開。

You have a play or you have a movie, and you have one actor whose performance is so good that it makes all the other actors, you know, seem not so good.

在一部戲劇或電影中，有一位演員的表演非常出色，以至於其他演員的表演都顯得不那麼出色。

Even if they are good, they're not as good because this one person stole the show, took all the attention.

即使他們很優秀，也會因為這個人搶了風頭，奪走了所有的注意力而變得不那麼優秀。

Now, in everyday life, let's say you're going to conference, and there's all kinds of experts giving speeches.

現在，在日常生活中，比方說你要去參加會議，有各種各樣的專家發表演講。

But there's one expert whose speech is so powerful, and so innovative, and so meaningful to so many people that this speaker has stolen the show and makes everybody else look, you know, mediocre, or average, or nothing special.

但是，有一位專家的演講是如此有力，如此有創意，對如此多的人如此有意義，以至於這位演講者搶盡了風頭，讓其他人看起來，你知道，平庸，或者一般，或者沒有什麼特別之處。

So, that's what it means to steal the show.

To steal someone's thunder is similar, but a little bit different.

搶別人的風頭與此相似，但又有些不同。

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