I've seen you stumble, I've seen you fall

我看到了你跌跌撞撞、步履蹒跚

I've seen you brought down Feathers

我看到了你曾经不断沦落历经磨难

and all picked yourself up

让你重新又找回自我

For the ones that you call your best friends

因念挚友之故和美好的初衷

stumble ['stʌmbl] 　 　

v. 绊倒；蹒跚；犯错误；无意中发现

n. 绊倒；错误

I stumbled over a tree root.

我在一个树根上绊了一跤。

He read well, with only a few small stumbles.

他读得很好,只是有一些小小的错误。

stumble across 碰见，发现

Guess who I stumbled across?

猜我今天碰到了谁?

stumble on 偶然发现

I stumbled on some letters of yours in a trunk.我偶然在箱子里发现了一些你的信。

stumble through 结结巴巴地说; 怯场

The chairman stumbled through his opening speech as if he were afraid of making a mistake.

主席的开场白讲得结结巴巴的,好像他怕说错了话似的。

feather n. 羽毛；翎毛；种类 vt. 用羽毛装饰 vi. 长出羽毛

a feather in one's cap: 荣誉，成就，值得自豪的事

不要把这个短语简单地理解为“帽子上有羽毛”，这个短语的由来有这样的说法，羽毛是美洲印第安人勇敢的标志，每当杀死一个敌人，胜利者就会在自己的帽子上插一根羽毛，杀敌越多，所插羽毛也就越多。所以这个短语的实际意思是“荣誉，成就，值得自豪的事”

Winning the debate competition was a feather in his cap.

赢得这次辩论赛是他的荣誉。

Make the feathers fly 引起争吵,工作得很起劲

When Mason found his bicycle damaged by his younger brother,it really made the feathers fly.

当梅森发现自行车被他弟弟弄坏时，他简直暴跳如雷。

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