be for the birds

釋義

1. be (strictly) for the birds

   不重要；不實際

   to not be important or practical

電影裡這樣說 · 3 部

• Listen for the birds. Just listen for the birds.Bird Box2018
• If they really put forth the effort, I'll give 'em something, but tipping automatically is for the birds.Reservoir Dogs1992
• Go to the birds. Where are the birds?Bird Box2018
• Chicken. Bird. RANDY: Chicken. Bird.Boyhood2014
• Where are the birds? The birds. Where are the birds?Bird Box2018
• It's a bird, it's a plane.We're the Millers2013
• Birds of a feather.The Secret Life of Bees2008
• What was that? A bird?The Banshees of Inisherin2022

在完整場景裡學

• 落水狗1992
  • 餐桌爭論麥當娜歌曲：lose my train of thought（思路被打斷）
  • 為一美元小費吵翻：world's smallest violin（假惺惺的同情）
  • 哄重傷同伴撐回倉庫：a degree in medicine（諷刺對方裝懂）
• 冒牌家庭2013
  • 加油站偶遇老同學：what I wouldn't give（我什麼都願意換）
  • 討債不成街頭出頭：a real Sophie's choice（兩難抉擇）
  • 被派去當運毒騾子：out of my league（超出我能力）

同一詞條的短語

• the bird has flown
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• the birds and the bees
• a bird's - eye view
• birds of a feather
• give the bird
• the early bird catches the worm
• kill two birds with one stone
• a little bird told me