first thing first

常见例句

First thing first, most of the players are tired and want to quit playing.
首先第一件事就是，在大多数的球员都累了，想退出比赛。
First thing first –when exactly does a collection happen (in other words, when is a GC triggered)?
首先，（垃圾）收集到底是什么时候发生的（换句话说，GC是什么时候被触发的）？
First thing first, in my view, I think a successful company is consequence to define a clear and unifying overall purpose among all the employees.
首先，在我看来，我认为一间成功的公司是得益于在员工中确立了清晰而统一的整体目标。

Many years later, Wiley Post would say that first airplane was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen.
Let's take the first thing first, the radical theology. I'm only able to talk about a small component of Milton's theological daring here.
先来谈激进的神学观点，在这里我只能,谈及弥尔顿神学上的大胆突破的一个小小的组成部分。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选
Your first thing is responsibility to fulfill your rights to your people, to your culture, to your family, to your government.
你的首要任务是履行义务而不是行使权利,对人民，对文化圈，对家庭，对政府都是如此。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And that is why the very first bill he signed as President -- the first thing he did -- was sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to make sure women get equal pay for equal work -- (applause) -- first thing he did.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the First Lady at a Campaign Event
Your parents, your grandparents, oftentimes they were in a position where when they got that first job, the first thing they're thinking about is, how do I save to buy a home and start a family.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on Student Loan Interest Rates
And when he went back to Russia for the first time in 1990, the first thing he did was go to visit the grave of Dmitri Shostakovich.
NPR: Yo Yo Ma Reflects on Rostropovich