scratch the surface

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   作膚淺的探討；淺嘗輒止；隔靴搔癢

   to deal with, understand, or find out about only a small part of a subject or problem

   They scratch the surface and never think

   And you're just starting to scratch the surface.

電影裡這樣說 · 5 部

• I'm afraid your articles have just scratched the surface.All the President's Men1976
• They scratch the surface and never thinkAvengers: Age of Ultron2015
• And you're just starting to scratch the surface.X-Men: First Class2011
• You know, we're not even scratching the surface doing what we're doing.Sicario2015
• And yet, we've only just scratched the surface.Dracula1958
• You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• You know, if you scratch under the surface here you'll find a proposal lying around.You Can't Take It with You1938

在完整場景裡學

• 總統班底1976
  • 深夜闖民主黨總部被捕：work the phones（挨個打電話找線索）
  • 電話一路追到白宮：under adjudication（正在審理中）
  • 新人拼搶水門選題：bust one's ass（拼了老命幹活）
• 街角的商店1940
  • 清早到店同事互相打趣：make something out of nothing（無中生有）
  • 念匿名筆友來信：earn one's daily bread（謀生）
  • 為唱歌的煙盒吵翻天：make up your mind（拿定主意）
• 浮生若夢1938
  • 謀劃軍火壟斷又逼人賣地：cash in on（趁勢大撈一筆）
  • 勸小職員當田裡百合：when my ship comes in（等時來運轉那天）
  • 一家人各忙各的愛好：like hotcakes（十分搶手）

同一詞條的短語

• scratch your head
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• scratch about
• scratch out
• from scratch
• up to scratch