press the panic button

yesterday at the office I heard two of my co-workers trash talking my boss.

The Chinese milk scandal continued to make waves around the world, with a number of countries banning or restricting milk products from China, and companies still discovering high levels of melamine in their products.

The men’s personalities are about as different they can be.Rodriguez tends to generate controversy. He makes himself available to reporters in limited fashion and often refuses to answer specific questions. Rodriguez’s words are often dissected for hints of ulterior meaning. Wang, conversely, makes few waves.

Alou called the defeat surprising, but he also said that he “did not want to press the panic button.

In a dubious decision, Willy Taveras was caught trying to steal third with Ramírez batting and one out in the ninth. Kenley Jansen, a catcher with a laser for an arm, nailed him.

必備片語
trash talk---- speak ill of others
Making waves ---------to cause a disturbance.
press the panic button----to do something quickly without thinking about it in order to deal with a difficult or worrying situation (often negative)