give wide berth to

"They know who we are and they give us a very wide berth to operate in," he says.

“他们知道我们是谁，并且他们给我们非常广泛的操作空间”，他说。

Cuckoos would have good reason to do so, since the warblers and other small birds in whose nests they lay their eggs are understandably frightened of hawks, and give them a wide berth.

杜鹃有很好的理由去模仿鹰，由于莺和其它的小型鸟类在它们的巢中产卵，自然这些小型鸟类就很害怕鹰，并且对鹰敬而远之。

And I've found that if you talk to yourself quite loudly while walking along, other people give you a nice wide berth, too.

我还发现如果你一边走一边大声对自己说话，别人会很友好地为你让路的。