run off the rails
基本解释
- 越轨
英汉例句
- Who would have thought that Mary, of all people, would run off the rails?
就所有的人来说,谁会想到玛丽竟会有越轨的事? - Who would have thought that Mary, of all people, would run off the rails? She seemed to be the perfect faithful wife.
所有的人来说,谁会想到玛丽竟会有越轨的事?她看起来像个极其忠诚的妻子。 - There are so many ways a first conversation can run off the rails – a misinterpreted word, an inappropriate joke, a whopper of a prejudice.
两个人初次见面就脱轨的情况有多种方式:比如误解了对方的话;开了一个不恰当的玩笑;对某事有很大的成见等等。