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Great. What are you going to do first? I don't know. I could do anything. All bets are off. The world is my oyster.
很好。那你先要做什么?我不知道,我什么都可以做,原来的规则通通丢掉,世界由我主宰。
《The Big Bang Theory Season 5》《生活大爆炸 第五季》
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all bets are off
世事难料
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hedge one's bets
避免作明确承诺;避免表态
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hedge your bets
(为防止损失或出错)几面下注, 有几项选择可选取
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If the company's CEO steps down, all bets are off as to what direction the company will take.
如果公司的首席执行官下台,所有关于公司将走向何方的赌注都将落空。
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They made a few small bets for kicks.
为了追求刺激,他们下了几个小赌注。
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I hear you're taking bets on whether she'll marry him.
我听说你愿意拿她是否会嫁给他的事和人打赌。
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The company tried to hedge its bets by diversifying into other fields.
该公司试图通过兼营其他领域几面下注。
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If Amazon could cut out bookshops and sell books directly to the public, why shouldn't one use the internet to let people place bets with one another?
如果亚马逊能够砍掉实体书店而将书直销到公众手中,那为什么不能通过互联网让人们互相下注赌博呢?
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They have risks that a steady stream of people won't come and be making a steady stream of bets at which each of them has a slightly negative expectation.
他们有这样的风险,稳定的人流不会来,他们不会持续不断地下注,每个人都对其有一个稍微消极的期望。
1. 北京英语水平考试(BeijingEnglishTestingSystem,简称BETS)由北京市民讲外语活动组委会、北京市人民政府外事办公室与英国剑桥大学考试委员会ESOL考试部共同推出,由北京教育考试院承办。该考试是北京市政府实现“新北京、新奥运”战略构想和推进北京市民讲外语活动的一项具体举措,旨在提高市民的外语学习和首都国际交往功能,营造良好语言环境,是面向全体北京市民的英语水平测试。