Brooklyn Nine-Nine · Season 1
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tickling the ivories
(在电脑上)敲击键盘
这是一个比较老的习语,原本指「弹钢琴」,因为钢琴键通常是象牙色 (ivory)。这里 Jake 用它来讽刺那些坐在电脑前工作的同事,暗指他们的工作不如自己出去「破案」来得有男子气概或刺激。
[Jake] Check it out, chair jockeys.
While you were busy tickling the ivories on your computers,
I was doing a bust. Cocaine!
