APAD: Read the room

(idiomatic) To understand the emotions and thoughts of the people present, especially to determine what would be appropriate or inappropriate to say or do. 

體察民情？見風使舵？接地氣？摸石頭過河？可能是西方政客特有的行為，中國沒有對應現象。

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• 福特將於周五在基奇納“閱讀房間” (穀歌翻譯不懂俚語，把read the room直譯為“閱讀房間” -唵啊吽- ♂ (36597 bytes) () 09/07/2023 postreply 19:02:33

• 人名地名就別音譯了吧，我都看不懂，尤其是很多還是粵語的音譯，市叼，萬錦，我來加拿大後好幾年都不知道是什麽 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2023 postreply 19:29:56

• 用普通話讀萬錦，真不知道與Markham有什麽關聯 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2023 postreply 19:31:02

• Know thy audience and sense their mood, before speaking. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2023 postreply 19:09:05

• read the room first, 然後投其所好吧 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2023 postreply 19:27:08

• 原文下的一個評論:‘reading the room’ when the room is full of support -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 15:34:14

• Read the room。。學習了，謝謝分享！ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2023 postreply 05:07:09