时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 俚语:“老啦!”(女士专用语)


校园里流传着这样一种说法:大一的女生是青苹果,好看不好吃;大二的女生是红苹果,好看又好吃;大三的女生是香蕉,好吃不好看;大四的女生是西红柿,还以为自己是水果呢! 哎,大四就已经老了,不是水果了。其实是玩笑啦。不过英语中说女人“不再年轻,老了”确实有个类似的说法,那就是“no spring chicken”(不是童子鸡)。 Spring chicken指的是刚孵出来没多久的小鸡,最初的说法是“now past a chicken”(不再是小鸡了),大约19世纪的时候演变成了现在的说法“no spring chicken”。不过要注意的是,这种说法专门用于女人。要是用它来说男人老了、不年轻了,可就让人笑掉大牙喽。 看下面例句:
Grandma can't run and play ball the way she used to. She's no spring chicken.
奶奶不能像以前那样跑步和打球了。她老了。

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