Jan 10, 2022 05:37
2 yrs ago
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English term

hits you sideways

English to Chinese Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) PHP
For most of us, we learn Python in college along with a few other niche languages we’ll likely never use in the real world. We’re told by either our professors or other noobs that “PHP sucks!”, even though most of them have never written a single line of PHP professionally.
In fact, the very thought of someone writing PHP professionally [hits you totally sideways], like people swarming to worship at the feet of the Antichrist.
Change log

Jan 10, 2022 09:13: David Lin changed "Term asked" from "hits you totally sideways" to "hits you sideways"

Proposed translations

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让你大感意外(大吃一惊,直呼“不会吧!”那种)

和你想象的完全不一样,让你震惊。
Peer comment(s):

agree Xiaodong Du
10 hrs
agree William Yang
17 hrs
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4 hrs

不明觉厉

Sideways refers to being a state when you don't know what to say ("懵" in Chinese). In your case, it is used to describe more as a feeling of "不明觉厉".
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想也不会想(会有人写 PHP 作为自己的专业)

找不到 hit (someone) sideways 这样的惯用语,只可以意译。

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Note added at 16 hrs (2022-01-10 21:44:34 GMT)
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或,
想也想不到(会有人写 PHP 作为自己的专业)
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1 day 6 hrs

惊讶

If you search the phrase using google, you'll get something like "knock sideway", which means it's more prevalent that the phrase proposed here. But I guess they are the same.
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