| 单词 | play it by ear |
| 释义 | play it by ear (once / 358161 pages) v To play it by ear is to act spontaneously and according to the situation. Playing it by ear means you have no game plan. The original meaning of this term was to play music without sheet music, meaning you either remembered the music or improvised it. From there, it came to mean other types of making it up as you go along. If a quarterback plays it by ear, he abandons the called play and tries something different. If a politician plays it by ear during a speech, she is making it up on the spot. We all have to play it by ear sometimes. WORD FAMILYplay it by ear: playing it by ear USAGE EXAMPLESAfter that, her team will play it by ear, depending on how she’s doing in the slalom and giant slalom. Seattle Times(Nov 24, 2016) "We will play it by ear," the source said, invoking an idiom that translates to blocking a punch or a kick as it comes. Reuters(Nov 17, 2016) “I’ll play it by ear,” he said, slipping it back into his pocket. Washington Post(Nov 03, 2016) v decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear Hyper act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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