catch it

One word lets slip and four horses will fail to catch it. A statement that once let loose cannot be caught by four galloping horses.

这两种说法，中文味道嫌重，英美人未必理解。不过他们倒有类似的说法

Opportunity is always behind your back. You can only catch it, when you are willing and able to turn around.

机会永远躲在你的背后，只要你转过身来就看到它了。

and yet the implication is that the train will eventually catch it up and savage it.

而这里的寓意就是火车会渐渐追上它并把它碾碎。

I threw the bottle of liquid soap at her, and she had to catch it, revealing herself as she did.

我抛给她一瓶液体肥皂，她伸手去抓，露出了自己的身体。

Maple Leaf did not accompany the wind, then swing to swing ah drop down, I eye, hand to catch it quickly.

枫叶没了风的伴随，便荡啊荡地落了下来，我眼疾手快，赶忙伸手接住了它。

Life is all memory, except for the present moment that goes by so quick you hardly catch it going---Tennessee Williams, American playwright.

除了快速溜走、难以抓住的此时此刻，生命都是记忆----田纳西.威廉姆斯，美国剧作家。

Smiling is infectious You catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too.

笑是能传染的就像流感一样。有人对我笑笑我也就笑了。

Jimmy caught cowpox and soon got better, but later when he came near people who had smallpox he did not catch it, though other people die.

吉米感染了牛痘并且很快就痊愈了。后来，他接触天花患者却不被感染，即使有的人都因患天花而死去。

That said, this is often one of the most beautiful months of the year, with soft, low light and warmth in the sun when you can catch it.

也就是说，这常常是一年中最美好的月份之一，当你能晒到太阳的时候，享受着柔和的，光线不足的，温暖的阳光。

Look out for the Dragon and catch it in its path and savour the new freshness and breath of its wines.

注意龙的活动，在路上把龙抓住，品尝龙牌葡萄酒的新鲜和美味。

They're always ready to catch it. Seems like they're just waiting for it.

他们总是准备去接球，好像他们仅仅是在等待来球。

I guess what you said just now is too far from our topic to catch it , we have no interest in it.

我想你刚才所说的离我们的话题太远了，我们对那不感兴趣。

But trying to catch it all is counterproductive.

试图跟上，往往事与愿违。

I only said, "When in the evening the round full moon gets entangled among the branches of that Kadam tree, couldn't somebody catch it? "

我不过说：当傍晚圆圆的满月挂在迦昙波的枝头时，有人能去捉住它么？

The catch: it will cost $2 trillion a year, and possibly destroy the Amazon jungle while unleashing giant swarms of locusts across Africa.

这一计划的不利之处在于：其耗资达到每年2万亿美元，并且极有可能在破坏亚马逊丛林的同时造成跨越整个非洲大陆的蝗虫肆虐。

They drag a boom between two shrimp boats and whatever gets caught between the two boats, they circle it up and catch it on fire.

他们在两艘捕虾船之间挂起围栏，将两船之间的一切捕捉到一起。之后两船接合，将围栏围成一个圈后点火。

if there were a point , we fail to catch it , or the remark was perhaps really pointless , their expression seemed to say.

即使那是一种俏皮的说法，可是我们听了也不明白，或许它毫无俏皮二字可言。

That feeling, just like him to have a vase fell off, and you know it full well that it also fell off, but you can not catch it.

那种感觉，就好像身边有个花瓶要摔下来了，你明明知道它还要摔下来，但你没法接住它。

'Somewhere in the process, one individual got into the group' and the State Department didn't catch it, said the person.

此人说，在这个过程中，一个人混进了这个群体，而国务院没有发现。

Pushing water down at the front of your stroke not only ruins your catch, it also acts to sink your legs.

在划臂周期的开始，就往下推水不仅抓不到水，还会让你的大腿下沉