又中又英|Knocked back and forth
Numerous ideas are being knocked back and forth now that Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has admitted there will be a $100 billion deficit for this financial year. It’s the third $100 billion deficit in a row. Ideas are being knocked back and forth among politicians, academics, and commentators on how to reduce the deficit. The expression “knocked back and forth” used this way means being pushed in opposite directions between two people or two groups of people. Some people have suggested