sit by and watch 作壁上观

时间:2021-04-01 07:54:20

(单词翻译:单击)

“作壁上观”,汉语成语,原指双方交战,自己站在壁垒上旁观(watch the fighting from the ramparts)。后多比喻站在一旁看着,不动手帮助,可以翻译为“sit by and watch,be an onlooker/by-stander”。
 
例句:
 
他们吵得不可开交,你要去制止,不能作壁上观。
They are quarreling fiercely. You should go and stop them rather than sit and watch.

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