核心畫面

Hold one picture and the whole phrase falls open: a huge tent with three rings side by side, and all three shows starting at the same time. The audience gets more than it can watch. Whichever ring you choose, you are missing the other two, and the noise from all three arrives together. That feeling — too much at once, nowhere to rest your eyes — is what people borrow when they use the phrase about an office, a kitchen or a busy street.

抓住一張圖,整個片語就打開了:一個大帳篷裡並排三個圓場,三場表演同時開始。觀眾拿到的比看得完的還多。你選了哪一邊,就更多收起抓住一張圖,整個片語就打開了:一個大帳篷裡並排三個圓場,三場表演同時開始。觀眾拿到的比看得完的還多。你選了哪一邊,就漏掉另外兩邊,而且三邊的聲音一起湧過來。那種「同時太多、眼睛沒地方放」的感覺,就是大家後來借去形容辦公室、廚房或熱鬧街頭時用的東西。

One branch

三個場子同時開演

兩個意思是同一張圖的兩面:一面是真的那個表演,一面是任何讓人有同樣感覺的場面。

noun · B2

A large circus with three round performance areas, in which three acts go on at the same time in front of one audience.

三環馬戲團