on the fritz

基本解釋

Hey, what is that ? is my radar on the fritz.
嘿，那是啥？我的雷達(dá)在探測(cè)德國嗎？
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My milk turned sour because the refrigerator is on the fritz again.
我的牛乳變酸了，由于冰箱又壞了。
In August, the station's cooling pump went on the fritz, spewing ammonia into space.
今年八月，空間站的冷卻泵失常，阿摩尼亞氣體溢出進(jìn)入太空。

Great news for me, except for one thing: my AC was on the fritz.
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