we made it up as we went along.意思？

這句可能有兩種意思：

正常的理解：我們一邊進行一邊考慮下一步。

較正面意思：我們靈活地隨機應變。

1. "went along"的意思是“顺從”,而且多是“虛意“或是"被逼的"！
2. "make it up"的意思是”作假“,”演戲“.it是虛詞,並沒有用來指定“某人”或是“某事”.
3. 因爲都是過去式,所以是在說明過去已發事件.
所以：
We made it up as we went along.
= 我們（當時）假意順從再看事辦事！

例子們：
Before 911, "make it up as you go along" was an acceptable measure for hijacking.
= 911之前,“虛意順從再看事辦事”被當作可行的劫機對策.

To deal with your stubborn father, "make it up as you go along" is much easier than "shock and awe".

我們边走边虛構岀來的故事.

我們一邊進行一邊考慮下一步。

將錯就錯

隨機應變

根據http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/

make it up as one goes along的意思是

To improvise continuously as one does something; to do something without formal guidelines, structure, rules, etc.
即類似見機行事, 隨機應變的意思
None of us really knew how to play the game, so we just made it up as we went along.
我們當中沒有人知道要怎麼玩這個遊戲，所以只好隨機應變。

I completely forgot the rest of my speech halfway through, so I just started making the rest up as I went along.
演講到一半，我完全忘了剩下來的演詞，所以我只好臨場發揮編詞。

這樣子我們決定繼續前進.
Yip

We made it up as we went along.
當我們一起走著, 把事情弄清楚和解了。

* make up：弄清楚、和解