sallying

A sally of the tongue may invite a counter sally of the fists.

出口伤人可能惹得拳头上。

I made myself presentable and sallied forth .

自己打扮得像模像样出发了。

We sallied forth at dawn.

们在黎明时出发了。

In a sally at the end of the debate the candidate elicited much laughter from the audience.

在辩论结束时候加入一句俏皮话引起了听众大笑。

Some birds take the “wingman” approach to scoring a mate, the ornithological equivalent of two guys sallying up to a hot girl in a bar in hopes that one will get lucky.

为了追到一只心仪“伴偶”，有些鸟会采取“迂回策略”，派出“小弟”助阵。就象有时在酒吧里，会有两个相合作向某个辣妹献殷勤，希望其中一人会成为幸运儿。