錢鐘書說，老年人戀愛，就像老房子著火，沒得救。英文中有個類似的表達，也可以用來描述失控的狀態，就是垃圾箱著火。
Dumpster fire refers to a person, organization, or situation that is hopelessly and disastrously out of control, or something very difficult that nobody wants to deal with.
“垃圾箱著火”指的是某人、某個機構、或某種情況處于絕望境地，或者處于災難性地失控狀態。也可以指某件事很棘手，沒人想處理。
例句：This project is a complete dumpster fire.
這個項目完全就是垃圾箱火災。
In entertainment or sports, dumpster fire refers to a laughably poor performance usually caused by:
在娛樂或體育領域，“垃圾箱火災”指的是表現差得可笑，通常是因為如下原因：
1. Lack of planning, preparation or talent.
缺少計劃和準備，或缺乏人才
2. Random events that effectively sabotage the effort (i.e., technical problems).
足以破壞掉努力的隨機事件（比如技術問題）
例句：
Dumpster Fire is the kindest thing I can say about Oakland's game against San Diego.
奧克蘭隊對陣圣地亞哥的這場比賽就像一場垃圾箱火災，這已經是最仁慈的說法了。
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