2023年6月25日 星期日

to polito off the duck sauce.Taiwan Faces a MeToo Wave




polish sth off
phrasal verb [M] INFORMAL
to finish something quickly and easily, especially a lot of food or work:
He polished off the whole pie.
I polished off three essays in one week.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

If Dad wants to polish off the duck sauce in a Chinese restaurant like it’s a bowl of soup, why not? If Grandma wants to help out by washing the dishes but makes a mess of it, leave her to it and just rewash them later when she’s not looking.
--Zen and the Art of Coping With Alzheimer’s

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