cut corners

英語[編輯]

cut corners (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 cuts corners，現在分詞 cutting corners，一般過去時及過去分詞 cut corners)

抄近路或違反交通規則來超過別人
- 1882, Dan Seffert, quoted in 「Half Hours with Dan Seffert」, in Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 39, page 275:
  […] but I believe the old man did not ride fair, as he cut corners and joined in with them again […]
(俗語) 偷工減料，圖省事
The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.
建圍欄的人在立杆子的時候偷工減料，上次刮暴風之後圍欄倒了。

Do you know why Wendy's has square burgers? Because they don't cut corners.
你知道為什麼溫蒂漢堡有方形漢堡嗎？因為他們都是實打實的。