step on sb's toes
Definition: If you step on someone's toes, you say or do something that upsets or annoys that person, especially by involving yourself in matters that are ont your responsibility.
（干预他人负责之事而）惹恼、得罪（某人）
Are you sure I won't be stepping on her toes if I talk directly to her supervisor?
你确定？如果我直接跑去跟她主管说，我怕会得罪她。
Look, you're going to have to step on a few peoples' toes if you want to get ahead in this business.
懂吗？你要在这行混出个名堂的话，得罪人是在所难免的。
It's a very competitive business, you can't afford to step on too many toes.
这行竞争很大，你是不能得罪太多人的。
更多实体例句
Friend's Mom: Uh, Pearl, are you joining us for dinner?
Friend's Mom: Pearl，你今晚在我们这吃饭吗？
Pearl: Oh, um, I... I... I don't know.
Pearl: Hmm......我......我......不知道耶。
Friend's Mom: Well, you are welcome to. I just don't want to step on your mother's toes.
Friend's Mom: 我们当然欢迎你留在这吃饭啊，我只是怕你妈妈会不高兴而已。
Pearl: Oh, no, trust me, you wouldn't be stepping on her toes. She's not really a dinner person.
Pearl: 噢，那倒不会，她不会不高兴的，她根本就不怎样吃晚饭的。
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