很多人身處陌生的環(huán)境，例如移民他鄉(xiāng)或新的工作，便會感到渾身不安。 I’m trying to find my feet. 一語直譯是“我正在尋找我的雙腳”，其真正含意是“我正在努力適應新環(huán)境”，也可以有其它類似說法：I’m trying to orientate myself. (我引導自己朝向正確方向) / I’m trying to settle in.(我嘗試安定下來) / I’m learning the ropes. (我正在學習新事物) 。
對 話
Gordon: US 8, UK 42. Ferrare Cavallo. Heel…(Lying on couch & examining a pair of shoes)
戈登: 美國碼8號、英國碼42號、意大利真皮、鞋后跟…(躺在沙發(fā)并反復觀看一雙皮鞋)
Katherine: Hurry up! You’ll be late for work. What are you doing?
凱思蓮: 快點！你快遲到了，你在干什么？
Gordon: I’m a little bit worried about my new job. I’m trying to find my feet.
戈登: 我只是有點擔心新工作，我正嘗試適應新環(huán)境。
Katherine: That’s the trouble then you deserve the boot.
凱思蓮: 問題就是這里，你該被解雇。
Gordon: Why ?
戈登: 為什么？
Katherine: You work in a shoe shop and if you don’t even know where your feet are, then there’s no future for you there. Now get a move on before I put my foot in your…
凱思蓮: 你在鞋店工作，但居然不知自己腳踏何地。呆在這里是沒有前途的，你再不動身，我就把腳塞進你的…
Gordon: Alright, alright, I’m leaving.
戈登: 好的，好的，我馬上出門。
[多學一點點] 腳的成語
戈登在鞋店找到工作，卻懶洋洋躺在沙發(fā)上不上班，拿著鞋反復觀看，說I’m trying to find my feet；凱思蓮對他說：You deserve the boot. Now get a move on before I put my foot in your...。
Your 之后應是mouth一字。To put one’s foot in one’s mouth是成語，意思是“說了不得體的話”或“不自覺的說了令人難堪、不滿的話”，例如：You put your foot in your mouth when you said to him that homosexuals were “perverted animals”. He is gay（你不應該跟他說同性戀者是“變態(tài)動物”。他有斷袖之癖）。凱思蓮那一句，當然不是指說錯了話，只是套用和腳有關的成語警告戈登：“你再不動身，我就把腳塞進你嘴巴里！”
You deserve the boot直譯是“你應得到長靴”。成語to get the boot是“被炒魷魚”或“被驅逐”，to give someone the boot則是“炒人魷魚”或“把人驅逐”，例如：(1) The boss has given him the boot for his rudeness to customers（老板見他對顧客無禮，就炒他魷魚）。(2) If you are not decently dressed, you may get the boot（假如你衣著不得體，可能會被逐離出場）。
最后說to find one’s feet?！罢业阶约弘p腳”本來是指嬰兒學會獨立走路，引申解作“能夠獨立處事”或“習慣新環(huán)境”，例如：Our boy gradually found his feet at the kindergarten（我們的兒子漸漸習慣幼兒園的環(huán)境）。To stand on one’s own (two) feet則等于獨立：To stand on my own feet, I must get a job即“要獨立，我必須先找到工作”。
對 話
Gordon: US 8, UK 42. Ferrare Cavallo. Heel…(Lying on couch & examining a pair of shoes)
戈登: 美國碼8號、英國碼42號、意大利真皮、鞋后跟…(躺在沙發(fā)并反復觀看一雙皮鞋)
Katherine: Hurry up! You’ll be late for work. What are you doing?
凱思蓮: 快點！你快遲到了，你在干什么？
Gordon: I’m a little bit worried about my new job. I’m trying to find my feet.
戈登: 我只是有點擔心新工作，我正嘗試適應新環(huán)境。
Katherine: That’s the trouble then you deserve the boot.
凱思蓮: 問題就是這里，你該被解雇。
Gordon: Why ?
戈登: 為什么？
Katherine: You work in a shoe shop and if you don’t even know where your feet are, then there’s no future for you there. Now get a move on before I put my foot in your…
凱思蓮: 你在鞋店工作，但居然不知自己腳踏何地。呆在這里是沒有前途的，你再不動身，我就把腳塞進你的…
Gordon: Alright, alright, I’m leaving.
戈登: 好的，好的，我馬上出門。
[多學一點點] 腳的成語
戈登在鞋店找到工作，卻懶洋洋躺在沙發(fā)上不上班，拿著鞋反復觀看，說I’m trying to find my feet；凱思蓮對他說：You deserve the boot. Now get a move on before I put my foot in your...。
Your 之后應是mouth一字。To put one’s foot in one’s mouth是成語，意思是“說了不得體的話”或“不自覺的說了令人難堪、不滿的話”，例如：You put your foot in your mouth when you said to him that homosexuals were “perverted animals”. He is gay（你不應該跟他說同性戀者是“變態(tài)動物”。他有斷袖之癖）。凱思蓮那一句，當然不是指說錯了話，只是套用和腳有關的成語警告戈登：“你再不動身，我就把腳塞進你嘴巴里！”
You deserve the boot直譯是“你應得到長靴”。成語to get the boot是“被炒魷魚”或“被驅逐”，to give someone the boot則是“炒人魷魚”或“把人驅逐”，例如：(1) The boss has given him the boot for his rudeness to customers（老板見他對顧客無禮，就炒他魷魚）。(2) If you are not decently dressed, you may get the boot（假如你衣著不得體，可能會被逐離出場）。
最后說to find one’s feet?！罢业阶约弘p腳”本來是指嬰兒學會獨立走路，引申解作“能夠獨立處事”或“習慣新環(huán)境”，例如：Our boy gradually found his feet at the kindergarten（我們的兒子漸漸習慣幼兒園的環(huán)境）。To stand on one’s own (two) feet則等于獨立：To stand on my own feet, I must get a job即“要獨立，我必須先找到工作”。