下禮拜我要在家大擺筵席，請十多個朋友來吃飯。我從來沒給這么多人做過飯，心里有點犯嘀咕。要是換成我媽，肯定一點不怵。在她看來，給一大家子人做飯不過是小菜一碟。就像英語中說的：with one hand tied behind one's back.

With one hand tied behind one's back, 意思是把一只手綁在背后，其實是指做某事非常熟練，輕而易舉。類似我們中文里說的“我閉著眼睛都能做!”

準備十多個客人的晚飯，對我媽媽來說就是這么輕而易舉的事， she can do it with one hand tied behind her back. 她閉著眼睛都能做! 生活中有各式各樣的達人，擁有讓我們羨慕的手藝，比如下面這段話中的電腦高手：

例句-1：When my computer crashed again, I was almost resigned to buying a new one. Luckily, my friend Scotty came over. Within an hour, he got my PC running again, removed a virus and installed a new hard drive. It wasn't hard for him at all. In fact, he says he can fix a computer with one hand tied behind his back.

這段話說：我的電腦又蕩機了，這次我幾乎放棄了，準備買臺新的。幸運的是，我的朋友Scotty來到我家，不到一個小時，他就讓我的電腦重新運轉起來，還清除了一個病毒，安了個新硬盤。這些事情對他來說一點不難。事實上，他說他閉著眼睛都能修電腦。

我們可以把這樣的電腦人才通稱為computer geek. Geek指特別喜歡鉆研某種技術或技巧的人。比如，我有個朋友特別喜歡數學，他就是math geek, 數學高手。那些讓我看了如墜云霧的數學題，he can solve them with one hand tied behind his back. 他輕而易舉地就能做出來。

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雖然我數學不在行，可我寫作文還可以，跟下面這段話中的這個人差不多，咱們來聽一聽：

例句-2：Some of my classmates agonize over their writing assignments for class. I don't understand what's so difficult. Simply gather good information, make an outline, create a first draft, then edit any mistakes. I can come up with a twenty-page research paper with one hand tied behind my back!

這段話的意思是：我的一些同學為了寫作的作業而頭疼不已。我不明白，寫東西有那么難么？只要收集一些有用的信息，列個提綱，打個草稿，再改正一些文章中的錯誤，不就行了么。我可以毫不費力地寫出一篇20頁的調查報告。

我們剛才提到，中文里說“閉著眼睛就能做某事”，以形容對某事的熟練，英文里則說, with one's eyes closed。怎么樣，和中文的說法一模一樣! 比如，a computer geek can fix a computer with his eyes closed. 電腦達人閉著眼就能把電腦修好。