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speed bumps

減速帶 / 挫折

字面意思是馬路上的「減速帶」，但在口語中，尤其是在描述人生或事業時，常用來比喻前進道路上的「小挫折」、「小阻礙」。Jake 用它來自嘲最近破案不順，只是遇到了一些「unlucky speed bumps」。

That's already way more than I know about it.

The point is, I'm a super-awesome race car who's hit a couple of unlucky speed bumps.

You got speed bumps on a race track? Is that not part of car racing? It should be.