当然将大拇指反转向下的手势表示反对或拒绝,这个短语可以用来代替no——但短语的来源历史却比较混乱。最早使用拇指向下指的是“古剧场中观众大拇指指向”。但是,在这些情况下,大拇指向上意味着拒绝。
24. pigs might fly 不可能
Pigs (we hate to break it to you) don’t fly, andpigs might fly, pigs have wings, and similar expressions are used to indicate impossibility or incredulity. The first known use, in this way, of pig’s grounded behaviour is not quite synonymous with no –but has the distinction of being found in Alice’s Adventures of Wonderland: ‘‘I’ve a right to think,’said Alice sharply…‘Just about as much right,’said the Duchess, ‘as pigs have to fly.’’
猪当然是不会飞的,类似的pigs might fly, pigs have wings地表达用来表示“不可能;怀疑”。第一次为众所周知的以猪的行为作比喻的用法是在《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中,爱丽丝说:“I've a right to think(我有权思考)”。公爵夫人回答了一句“Just about as much right as pigs have to fly”(对,这个权利就像猪在天空飞翔一样)。
25. fat chance 机会很小
Fat chance is an ironic use of the adjective fat in its sense ‘a large amount, a great deal’. Interestingly, this sense seems only to be used ironically, implying ‘very little, hardly anything’.
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