Pete would have preferred to be on good terms with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis. 彼得何嘗不想跟妻子和母親都和睦相處呢，可是他試圖討得一方歡心而不致觸怒另一方的努力就像在拉巖石礁和卡律布狄斯大旋渦之間行舟一樣，真是左也不得，右也不行。
I've been on good terms with Stephen ever since he married my sister. 自從斯蒂芬取了我妹妹后，我一直同他關(guān)系很好。
We have been on good terms with our neighbors for all these years. 這么多年來(lái)我們一直和鄰居關(guān)系很好。
I am on good terms with this foreign friend. 我與這外賓的關(guān)系很好。
