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Don't worry, I wasn't referring to your hands – they look lovely. If you are an old hand at doing something, it means you are very skilled and experienced. It was a compliment!

Oh right, thanks. 所以，“an old hand”其实是一句用来称赞别人的话，相当于汉语中说的“老手”。如果我说某个人是“an old hand”，其实是在夸这个人做某事非常熟练、富有经验。下面我们来听一听这个表达在实际会话中的应用。

Examples

Let's get Mike in to solve our IT problem, shall we? He's an old hand at fixing computers.

Miguel is an old hand at map reading so let's make him the leader on our mountain trek.

I can see you're an old hand at project management. It would have taken me days to create a spreadsheet like that!

这里是 BBC 英语教学的《》节目。这次我们要学习的地道表达是“an old hand”，它用来形容一个人精通于做某事，或者描述一个人是某个行当的“老手”。

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It's a handy phrase, isn't it! But come on, , you are such 'an old hand', why not have a go at really presenting standing on your head?

OK, Neil">Neil">Neil">Neil, as you're paying me a compliment. Here goes… oh, give a hand…Ouch!

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Are you OK? I think you should stick to doing what you are most skilled and experienced at.

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