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what’s the idiomatic way to say “Keep your back straight and don’t hunchback”?
2019年4月27日 03:17
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"Don't slouch" as Sheila and Nanren suggest is a very common one. "Don't hunch" as Nanren said also. It sounds a little harsher then "Don't slouch", but I remember being told this as a kid.
2019年4月27日
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Chin up! Although this also often applies to emotions (be happy, don't be so depressed and miserable); it also sometimes applies literally to a slouching posture, especially in the realms of dance and combat training. There are more clear and literal ways of saying it (eg: back straight; don't slouch) but they're neither trendy nor metaphoric thus I don't think they qualify as idiomatic. I don't think there's any really popular English idioms that apply to this scenario.
2019年4月27日
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Stand up (or sit up) straight and don't slouch.
2019年4月27日
Posture! Mind your posture. don't hunch, may be what you were looking for, but Sheila's slouch is better.
2019年4月27日
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