Because there are 100s of cases on each judge’s docket, each vying for trial time ranging from a couple days to several weeks so each judge is VERY busy – and, because it takes a long time to get a case ripe for trial, that trial time will be a year or more from the date the...
In America, we may get "pissed off" when we’re angry, but the Brits and Irish who are "pissed" are extremely intoxicated. "Taking the piss," however, means "to make fun of," not "to get drunk." 在美国,我们生气时会说get pissed off,但是英国人和爱尔兰人如果说pissed,意思是烂醉如泥。