輕鬆日記商務職場篇 第233期:惹火

核心句型：
The manager pushed my buttons many times.
經理惹火我好多次了。
push one's button 直譯過來就是：“按下某人的按鈕”，button也是“下巴”的俗稱，是非正式用法。按住或攻擊某人的下巴，自然會讓對方不滿和生氣，所以這個短語的正確意思是：“惹火某人，激怒某人”。因此，當美國人說"The manager pushed my buttons many times."時，他/她要表達的意思就是:"The manager has made me angry many times."、"The manager has waved a red flag in front of me many times."。
情景對白：
May: Oh, darling, are you sure that you are going to quit?
阿美：哦，親愛的，你確定要把工作辭了？
Gucci: Yeah, the manager pushed my buttons many times. I can't bear it any more.
古奇：是的，經理惹火我好多次了，我再也受不了了。
搭配句積累：
①I don't want to work for him for even a moment.
我現在一刻也不想再替他辦事兒了。
②I don't want to see his face again.
我再也不想見到他了。
③I'm fed up, and I wish to leave as soon as possible.
我受夠了，就想盡早離開。
④Now, I'm leaving and I won't butter him up.
現在我不幹了，我再也不用看他臉色行事了。
單詞：
1. wave a red flag 做使某人生氣的事
The mere mention of his hated cousins name was like waving a red flag in front of him.
只要一提他那個討厭的表兄的名字，他就生氣。
A friend you have had disagreements with may wave the red flag.
一個曾和你有分歧的朋友會對你怒髮衝冠。
2. butter vt. 討好
The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market.
由於市場競爭激烈，銀行不得不去討好投資者。
I tried buttering her up. 'I've always admired people with these sorts of talents.'
我拼命奉承她：“我一直欽佩有如此才能的人。”
He began to butter up the director in hope of being given a better job
他開始奉承主任，希望得到一份更好的工作。