Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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It's backfiring

適得其反,產生反效果

`backfire` 指原本打算取得正面效果的計畫或行動,結果卻產生了負面或相反的效果。這裡 Santiago 想哄 Holt 開心,結果 Holt 卻更不高興了,就是 `backfiring`。

If this is your strategy to cheer me up,
-It's backfiring. -Sir, I don't think you realize how good flat numbers are.
I went back 12 years.