看美剧学英语习语：Be wound tight

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Be woundtight：If someone is“tightly wound”or “wound tight”, they are stressed out and may overreact very easily. They maybe very tense, anxious and highly reactive.（形容箭拨弩张、一触即发的那种紧张和焦躁）

E.G.1：Bree：I mean, how in the world could anybody accuseme of murder? –- Edie：Well, you are wound pretty tight. （DHS02E05）

参考翻译：Bree：我的意思是：怎么会有人将杀人犯的矛头指向我？--Edie：你一直看起来紧张兮兮的。

E.G.2：Mike：Sois, uh, Rex gone for good? I don't know. – Susan：God,I hope not. I mean, they've always been wound a littletight. （DHS01E03）

参考翻译：Mike：这么看来，Rex这回是彻底不打算回头了？--天啊，但愿不是。我是说，他们之间一直有点关系紧张。