识时务

shí shí wù de

识时务的

gauge a situation

bǎo chí jiān mò kě néng shì gèng hǎo de huí yìng tā de jǔ dòng shǐ qí xiǎn de gāo ào zì dà shèn zhì bù shí shí wù

保持缄默可能是更好的回应：他的举动使其显得高傲自大，甚至不识时务。

Dead air would have been a better response: he ended up looking arrogant and even more out of touch.