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Throw ideas at the wall
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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too. I'm Feifei.
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大家好，欢迎收听《英语我们说》，在这里我们解释熟练的英语使用者使用的短语和表达，以便你们也能使用它们。我是Feifei。
And I'm Phil. How are you doing, Feifei?
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我是Phil。Feifei，你怎么样？
I'm trying to think of a theme for my son's birthday party, but I'm not sure what he'd like.
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我在尝试想一个主题来为我的儿子举办生日派对，但我不确定他喜欢什么。
How about dinosaurs? Or pirates? Or space? Or football? Or a superhero party?
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你可以试试恐龙、海盗、太空、足球，或者超级英雄派对？
Wait, wait, wait Phil, give me a minute – that's too many ideas.
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等等，等等，Phil，给我一点时间——这些建议太多了。
Sorry, I was just throwing ideas at the wall, surely something must work?
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抱歉，我只是随便提一些建议，肯定会有一个可行的。
Maybe, but I need to slow down a bit. What we can do is learn that expression 'throwing ideas at the wall'. What do we mean by that?
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也许吧，但我需要慢一点。我们可以学习一下这个表达‘throwing ideas at the wall’。我们是什么意思呢？
OK, if someone throws ideas at the wall – it means they make lots of suggestions, with the hope that one might be OK. It suggests that you haven't thought that much about the ideas you're saying.
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好的，如果有人‘throwing ideas at the wall’，这意味着他们提出了很多建议，希望其中有一个是可行的。这表明你对你说出的建议并没有想太多。
Yes, it did sound like you were just saying the first things that came into your head.
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是的，听起来你就像是在说第一个想到的建议。
We also talk about throwing ideas at the wall until something sticks. And the idea is that if you make enough suggestions, then eventually you'll get one that's good.
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我们还说‘throwing ideas at the wall’直到有一个建议被采纳。这个想法是，如果你提出足够的建议，最终你会得到一个不错的建议。
Let's hear some other people using 'throwing ideas at the wall'.
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让我们听听其他人如何使用‘throwing ideas at the wall’。
What kind of food should we eat? Indian? Chinese? Italian? Just throwing ideas at the wall. My parents are decorating their living room at the moment but they're not sure which colour to paint the walls. They're talking about blues, greens, reds. They're just throwing ideas at the wall at this point. Listen guys, I know you didn't like my idea for the gameshow but I'm just throwing ideas at the wall and seeing what sticks. Sit down, I've got loads more ideas, loads of ideas. Listen.
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我们应该吃什么食物？印度菜？中国菜？意大利菜？我只是随便提一些建议。我的父母目前正在装饰他们的客厅，但他们不确定要涂什么颜色。他们在谈论蓝色、绿色、红色。他们现在只是随便提一些建议。听着，我知道你们不喜欢我关于游戏节目的想法，但我只是在提出建议，看看哪个能被采纳。坐下，我还有很多想法，很多。
We've been learning the expression 'throw ideas at the wall' to mean 'make lots of suggestions'.
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我们已经学习了‘throwing ideas at the wall’这个表达，意思是‘提出很多建议’。
Yes, it comes from the expression 'if you throw enough mud at the wall then some of it will stick'. And that can mean different things. It can talk about persisting until you succeed, but it can also mean that if you say enough bad things about someone, eventually people will start to believe them.
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是的，它来自‘if you throw enough mud at the wall then some of it will stick’这个表达。它可以有不同的含义。它可以谈论坚持不懈直到成功，但也可以意味着如果你对某人说足够多的坏话，最终人们会开始相信他们。
OK. That's it for this programme, but join us next time to learn more English phrases and expressions
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好的。这就是本节目的全部内容，但下次加入我们，学习更多的英语短语和表达。
See you then!
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到时候见！
Bye!
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再见！
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