Know the Ropes——懂得竅門

** to be well informed（見多識廣）// to be worldly-wise（世俗）// to be familiar with the details of a task or a situation（熟悉任務或情況的細節）

~~ 懂得竅門；懂得秘訣；熟門熟路；內行；熟知內情；掌握訣竅；懂得訣竅；熟悉情況；懂行。

~~ know what's what // know all the ins and outs // know one's way around // know the drill // know all the means // know one's way around // an old hand

!! Old sailing ships had a great number of ropes to control their sails. A crewman had to learn which rope did what in order to handle a ship's ropes.（舊帆船有大量繩索來控制風帆，船員必須了解每根繩索的作用，才能控制得宜。）

!! The term was transferred to non-nautical matt-ers by the late 19th centu-ry. It's use was commonin horse-racing circles, and might also have a circus slang in origin.（到了十九世紀後期，該術語被轉移到非航海事務。它的使用在賽馬圈中十分常見，並且可能起源於馬戲團的俚語。）

>> After Professor Lee's early retirement, he devoted himself to studying English for more than 20 years and knew the ropes of English Pronunciation. He finally created LEEK English Pronunciation Method, and has taught that to school English teachers.（李教授提早退休後，醉心研究英語二十幾年，懂得英語拼音的竅門，終於發明了LEEK英語拼音法，並教給某學校全體英文老師。）

>> If you want to be successful, you must know the ropes: passion and persistence.（如果你想成功，必須懂得秘訣，就是熱情加毅力。）

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