看绝望的主妇学高频短语：Pull the trigger

Pull the trigger: To make a final decision or commit to a certain course of action (about something); to take decisive action with no certainty of the outcome; to make a decision that may very well require inflicting a result that is detrimental(有害的) to self or others. As in If we don’t pull the trigger on this deal then we might never get the chance again.

中文释义: pull the trigger 这个表达最本真的含义就是扣动扳机，开枪的意思，但是在口语中，会引申出和原来的含义相近或者相关的含义，扣动扳机，毋庸置疑，就是做出举动，行动，并且是有决心的进行，不论后果如何，即引申为下决定心；准备就绪，只欠东风的含义。例句：Everything’s ready, what we need to do is pull the trigger.（一切都准备就绪，只欠东风了。）