【释义】

dodge v. 英 [dɒdʒ] 闪开；躲开；避开

To dodge a bullet means to narrowly escape a very bad situation.

To dodge a bullet字面意思是“躲过子弹”，引申义就是“逃过一劫”，躲过了非常糟糕的事情。

Even if we manage to dodge the bullet with avian flu, there are a lot of other animal diseases which are crossing the boundary and infecting human.

即使我们能够避免禽流感造成的灾难，我们目前也还面临许多其它跨国境和能够传染人类的动物疾病。