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用中文说: "Moving the Goalposts"

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Moving the Goalposts

【中文】不公平的改变规则

Bù gōngpíng de gǎibiàn guīzé

【解释】 To unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course.

- I decided to quit. It was simply unfair that whenever we were almost there to achieve our target, the boss would move the goalposts and we would have to start all over again.

我决定辞职。实在是太不公平了，每次我们马上就要取得成就时，老板就改变目标，我们不得不从头开始。

Wǒ juédìng cízhí. Shízài shì tài bù gōngpíng le, měicì wǒmen mǎshàng jiùyào qǔdé chéngjiù shí, lǎobǎn jiù gǎibiàn mùbiāo, wǒmen bù dé bù cóngtóu kāishǐ.