A:How many cleaning ladies does your company hire?
你们公司雇了多少员工?
B:We have two cleaning ladies. But both of them have received little education.
雇了2个。但他们都没受过多少教育。
A:Most cleaning ladies are illiterate. But some of them do a very nice job.
多数清洁工都没文化,但是工作干得不错。
B:But I actually dislike another lady. She is more capable and seems to have ideas of her own. But the trouble is she is a backseat driver with some of us. She would tell you what to do and where to put things.
但我确实不喜欢另一个清洁工。她很能干,似乎也有自己的想法。可是她爱对我们指手画脚,总该告诉我们该做什么,东西该放哪儿。
注释:
a backseat driver,比喻多嘴多舌的人,多事的人。
例句:To avoid being a backseat driver, I keep my mouth shut.为了避免乱出主意,我只好闭嘴。