It's like talking to a dead phone.

是对牛弹琴。

He slept through the whole play. It's a case of pearls before swine.

整场演出都在睡觉。真是对牛弹琴。

He might as well have talked to a wall. The Serpent never moved.

可话完全是对牛弹琴。蛇一动也不动。

Well, I'm just playing tennis against the drapes here.

我完全是在对牛弹琴啊。

She said she saw it through the windows of a moving el train.

就是在对牛弹琴。

Amy Farrah Fowler. Yes, that is a girl's name. Good grief. It's like trying to talk to a dolphin.

艾米·菲拉·福勒 没错 确实是个女孩 天 就是对牛弹琴。

The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. She is a great and complex character. Not that you would know.

傲慢与偏见的女主角是伊莉莎白。她是最伟大也是最复杂的主角，跟你说是对牛弹琴。

And I'm like, no, it's like preaching to the choir.

而且我说，不，是对牛弹琴。

Is that you can't keep talking to the converted.

你不能总是对牛弹琴。

So, I mean, you're kind of preaching to the choir.

所以，我的意思是，你是在对牛弹琴。

She was talking to a wall, literally.

她是在对牛弹琴。

Yeah, it falls on deaf ears.

yeah, 话对牛弹琴。

Man, you're preaching to the choir.

伙计，你是对牛弹琴。

I'm afraid you may have a fellow, I think you're speaking to the converted, a fellow weirdo.

恐怕你是在对牛弹琴，我觉得你是在跟一个同道中人，一个怪咖说话。

They just talk past each other because she is trying to say, look at your infant son.

们只是在对牛弹琴，因为她试图说，看看你那婴儿儿子。

And so it's just such an amazing moment of this clash of these worlds that they just talk past each other.

真是一个令人惊叹的时刻，两个世界在此碰撞，们却只是在对牛弹琴。

It's so important when we're communicating with others that we understand what their interests are, what their needs are to make sure that we're actually engaging in dialogue with one another as opposed to talking past each other.

当我们与人沟通时， 理解们的兴趣和需求是非常重要的，样才能确保我们真正进行对话， 而不是在对牛弹琴。