be uptight¹ with

 

uptight的意思是“紧张的；焦虑不安的”，通常和about搭配，形容感到心情焦躁。

 

Don't get uptight about the exam - just do your best.

对待考试不要太紧张——尽力而为吧。

 

Back in '68, when I was sweeping² up hair in that barbershop, I had this mental picture of the family that, if I was lucky enough, one day I would end up with—perfect wife, perfect kids, guess that, I didn't get any of that, would up with this sorry bunch. And I'm thankful for that every day.

68年我在理发店扫头发的时候，我曾幻想今后自己家庭的样子，如果够走运的话，有一天我会坐拥完美的妻子，完美的孩子，结果呢，我没那运气，最后捞到这么一群二货，可我每天都对此充满感激。

 

★end up with的意思是“以…而告终”。

 

start with the aim of doing harm to others only to end up with ruining oneself

以损人开始，以害己告终

 

★bunch可以表示“串；束；扎”，比如一束花就是a bunch of flowers；可以形容“一帮人”，一帮笨蛋就是a bunch of jerks。

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