【说文解字】 八八一些好玩又有用的英语俚语词

[说文解字] 八八一些好玩又有用的英语习语词  

没事儿干时喜欢读一些七七八八的英文杂志，也碰上不少七七八八的英文词。今天挑上几个有意思的，和同鞋们八一八。 

  

经典案例 1: suck it up - 吃闷亏  

一伙人出去吃吃喝喝，你吃的最少还要分单，有木有?
干的活，被老板抢功了，还不能言喘，有木有?
被老婆罚跪搓衣板，还当是练瑜珈, 有木有?
有了亏，就当米饭吃，有木有? 

这个吃闷亏如何表达捏？ 

 

例句:
I usually drink the least amount when I go out with friends, but we end up splitting the bill? Shall I suck it up?  

  

suck it up 就是吃闷亏的意思. To endure a period of mental, physical, or emotional hardship with no complaining. 

  

容易和它搞混的一个词:
suck up to somebody: 拍马屁，to flatter for one's own profit; toady  

 

经典案例 2: cop a feel- 吃豆腐

例句:
Susan was looking so great in that killer mini-dress that I got behind her and copped a feel. She immediately turned around and slapped me.  

这不是吃豆腐，那啥是吃豆腐捏？拾到这个词时，姐真是热泪盈眶了一把，苦苦寻觅了多年，终于找到了“吃豆腐” 的英文版~~  

 

cop a feel: To feel on a woman’s breasts or buttocks, usually when she is not expecting it, often followed up by a slap in the face. 

  

经典案例 3 ride one’s coattails - 沾名人的光  

和你一起从小穿开档裤，和尿泥长大的发小王瓜瓜如今成了上厕所也得带蛤蟆镜的大明星，你写了一本传记-王瓜瓜和俺的那些事儿。。。。也上了八卦畅销书榜首. You rise to fame by riding on 王瓜瓜’s coattails. 骑在人家名人的衣服后襟上，是挺拉风的说 

  

ride one’s coattails: to use your connection with someone successful to achieve success yourself 

  

对了。发小这里怎么说：boyhood friend if you’re male; girlhood friend if you’re female. 

 

经典案例 4: henpecked hu*****and -气管炎 

一楼的被老婆罚跪搓衣板，还当是练瑜珈是什么样的老公呀: a henpecked hu*****and. 被母鸡一直啄一直啄，ouch~，挺形象的

  

和henpecked hu*****and相对的是

 fishwife: A person, traditionally a woman, who persistently nags or criticizes. 这个词没有henpecked形象 

  

Check out these henpecked hu*****and quips, 古今中外都一样呀 

• He wears the pants in the house – under his apron. 
• He has two chances of winning an argument with her, slim and none. 
• He always has the last word – he says, “I apologize”. 
• He even has to ask permission to ask permission.  

有同鞋情不自禁要问了: 

How about your hubby’s situation? Well, let me put it this way. He is the one who wears the pants in the house while I am the one who wears the apron. But he always stores up some leftovers in the fridge in case “the head of the family” may starve to death when the "cook” gets ticked off accidentally. 

  

经典案例 5: like water off a duck's back.- 死猪不怕开水烫，置若罔闻  

He'll be all right soon because any criticism is usually like water off a duck's back to him. 

  

like water off a ducks back: If criticism or something similar is like water off a duck's back to somebody, they aren't affected by it in the slightest. 

  

好吧，您骂吧，随便骂吧，爱谁谁的~ 想起了一个人，天后王菲就是这个样子滴
Faced with all the speculations and flaks, diva Wang Fei let things roll off her like water off a duck's back. 

  

大总结  

好了，为了给大家加深点映像，俺胡编了一小段文，把这些词都嵌了进去。可能会有些牵强，大家看着玩吧 :)

  

I must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed today. In the morning, at our group meeting, my boss blatantly took the credit for the project I had been slaving on for a month. Given the annual appraisal was around the corner, I had no choice but to suck it up.

  

At lunch break, a fat assed woman cut the line in front of me. Before I could utter an excuse me, she jumped around and accused me of groping her ass. Give papa a break. Hanging around with that big-as-the-universe butt, she would feel everyone copping a feel of her all the time. But a little intimidated by that bigger-than-my-head fist swinging under my tiny nose, I had no choice but to cough up a faint sorry.  

  

In the evening, at home, my wife became super mad because I totally forgot our doggie’s birthday. I had no choice but to kneel down on the washing board to reflect on my terrible wrongdoing as usual(a popular Chinese custom to punish a hu*****and). What a day! 

  

At night, I tossed and turned in the bed, fantasying how everyone would fawn upon me and scramble to ride on my coattails if I could hit the jackpot or rise to fame someday. 

 

Ok, you can call me a spineless subordinate, a wuss or a henpecked hu*****and. I don’t give it a damn. Before my big day comes, I have no choice but to let things roll off me like water off a duck’s back.

这其中的习语我用的还有:
get up on the wrong side of the bed：to begin the day feeling unhappy and uncomfortable.   e.g.I got up on the wrong side of bed yesterday, and everything that could go wrong did!

around the corner：就要发生
cough up：认罪, 勉强说出(某事)
fawn upon：巴结,奉承,讨好
don’t give it a damn：不在乎
 
lilac09 08/07/11

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