Keep-away is a children's game. Two people throw a ball to each other, and one or more players in the middle try to catch it. If you catch it, you usually swap places with the person who threw badly, or you join the throwers — rules change from playground to playground.

Keep-away is是 a children's game一種小孩子的遊戲。Two people兩個人 throw a ball to each other互相丟一顆球，and one or more players in the middle中間的一個或幾個人 try to catch it設法把球接下來。If you catch it如果你接到了，you usually你通常 with the person who threw badly和丟壞的那個人 swap places交換位置，or you join the throwers或者加入丟球的那一邊——rules規則 change from playground to playground每個操場都不一樣。

In the United States people also call this monkey in the middle; in Britain a close cousin is piggy in the middle. It is informal playground talk, not classroom English.

In the United States在美國，people also call this人們也把這個叫 monkey in the middle；in Britain在英國，a close cousin is一個很近的表親是 piggy in the middle。It is它是 informal playground talk操場上的非正式說法，not classroom English不是課堂英文。

The game is teasing by design: the people with the ball keep it just out of reach, and that is the whole joke. Grown-ups sometimes use keep-away loosely for any situation where someone is holding something back on purpose, but the named game is the children's one with a ball.

The game is teasing by design這遊戲本來就是設計來逗人的：the people with the ball拿著球的人 keep it just out of reach讓球永遠差一點搆不到，and that is the whole joke而那正是全部的笑點。Grown-ups大人 sometimes use keep-away loosely有時把 keep-away 用得很鬆，for any situation where someone is holding something back on purpose指任何有人故意把東西扣著不給的情況，but the named game但這個名字本來的遊戲 is the children's one with a ball是小孩玩球的那一個。