The pitfall is the trappings of success can catch you off guard.

The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard.

令他措手不及的一顿老拳.

We cannot give you a off hand.

我们不能马上给你“回音”.

I cannot give you a reply off hand.

我不能立刻给你答复.

I can't give you a reply off hand.

我无法立即给你答覆.

I sent many letters today off hand, I should think 15.

今天我寄出许多信.大致地算, 我想有15封吧.

We cannot give you a reply off hand.

我们不能马上给你回音.

To this the unthinking will give an off-hand answer.

对此,不动脑筋的人会随随便便作出答复的.

She was off-hand with him.

她对他傲慢无礼.

She acted in an off-hand way.

她不假思索地行动.

I don't know the figures off-hand.

我不能马上知道那些数字.

He criticized them very freely, in a positive, off-hand way.

他无拘无束地批评他们, 常常脱口而出,语气却又十分肯定.

I can't answer your question off hand.

我不能立即答复你的问题.

I'm talking off hand, simply speaking my mind.

我这是信口开河, 随便谈谈脑子里想的东西.

When either telephone handset is taken off-hook, the remote telephone automatically rings.

当任意一端电话话筒被拿起时, 远处的电话就会自动响起.

We hoped that the off-hour traffic would be lighter.

我们希下班后的交通不致太繁忙.

She spent hours playing her old, off-key piano.

她许多时候都在弹她那架又旧变调的钢琴.

We sang carols in loud , off-key voices, saved only by that amazing soprano.

我们大家用走了调的嗓子高声唱着圣诞颂歌, 除了那动人心魄的女高音.

But when he started whistling off-key, I'd had enough.

但是,当他开始吹口哨了钥匙, 我受够了.

When George told jokes at the funeral, every one thought his action was off-key.

乔治在追悼会上说笑话, 大家都认为他太不识大体了.

Some of his remarks were very off-key.

他有些话说得很不得体。