don't try this at home

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. A caution that the activity being described or demonstrated is not safe for ordinary members of the public to attempt.
    — Don't try this at home, but now I'm going to walk barefoot over the hot coals.

词源

From a phrase used by announcers in early broadcast television whenever something dangerous or inappropriate was demonstrated in a program that might be watched by children: "Kids, don't try this at home".
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