If I can see the whites of their eyes, they're standing right behind me.

如果我能看见他们的白眼仁，他们就在我身后。

youdao

Is it enough to use proper grammar and spell out text words in their entirety - much to my children's amusement - or should I be communicating only when I can see the whites of their eyes?

适当的语法和书面语能足够适用于现实生活(对我孩子来说绝大多数是娱乐生活)么？还是我应该只在我孩子对着屏幕的时候跟他们交流？

youdao

Perhaps it is the old Obama cool: Don't change the strategy because of a few bad figures, keep your powder dry until next year, don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes and all that.

BBC: Obama needs to hone economic message to win in 2012