Interesting slang in English

It means turning defeat into victory and turning defeat into victory. It is said that it originated from a game called backgammon. The name of this game is table. Playing this game requires luck, and many players who are about to fail use the rules of the game to turn their losses into victories.

challenge

Means a challenge. There is a saying that in medieval Europe, gauntlet refers to iron gloves made of leather and metal sheets worn by knights. If a knight wants to challenge others, he will take off his gloves and throw them on the ground. If the other party accepts the challenge, he will pick up gloves. Later, people replaced gauntlet with gloves, so its actual meaning is "challenge".

operate

It means giving orders. In the army, this is used by an officer when ordering troops to shoot. Now it often appears in spoken language, meaning to be the master and make the final decision. Only one person can be the master.

A white day

In the west, white often means "innocence", "auspiciousness", "happiness" and "loftiness". For example, the familiar White Day.

starfish

Thief, thief, is similar to Chinese "three hands", not a kind of five fingers. Then you can know that the five-finger discount is not 50% off, but stealing.