Near the knuckle
粗俗,近于下流
🧩 词语组成解析
near
[nɪr]
adv. （空间）在近处;在附近;（时间）临近;（程度）几乎;
prep. （表示程度）接近;（表示位置）靠近;（表示时间）将近;接近于（某种状态）;
adj. 近的;亲密的;近似;（亲属关系）近亲;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
knuckle
[['nʌkəl]]
n. 指节, 蹄爪, 膝关节\\nv. 以指节打, 以手指射
🗣️ 情景例句
That's backbreaking work and may be too much for us.
这可是累人的工作， 我们可能负荷不了。
Not at all. Go ahead.
好，请吧。
The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him.
强硬法就是驱使象去干活，把它打到顺从为止。