看美剧学英语俚语：Push one's buttons

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Push one's buttons: 1. To do things that create a very strong emotional reaction in one, especially anger, irritation, or exasperation. （惹某人，刺激某人） 2. To be sexually attractive or arousing to one. （使某人兴奋）For example, My mother-in-law really knew how to push my buttons, or A good-looking redhead, she always seemed to press his buttons. This metaphoric expression transfers activating some mechanism by pushing buttons to human emotions. [Slang; 1920s]

中文释义：“Push one's buttons”是一句非常实用的短语，其中的动词push也可替换成press。尽管我们身上并没有什么按钮，但是特定的情景却能触发我们的情绪。看到受伤的动物可能会让你流泪，排着长队等了太久可能让你心烦，看到男朋友和其他漂亮女孩聊天你会难过或愤怒...这些都是你身上的“按钮”，能够触发你的特定情绪，尤其是生气、失望或者情绪化。例句： You will push her buttons if you don' t allow her to come.（如果你不让她来，会激怒她的。）

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你知道“Button it!”什么意思吗？