骂人不带脏字五种英式损人口语_BEC初级作文

骂人不带脏字五种英式损人口语

除了拐弯抹角地骂人，英国人最喜欢的就要数食物了——所以他们把两样合并起来也不足为奇了（此外还有“bad apple（坏苹果）”, “sour grapes（酸葡萄）”and “couch potato（沙发土豆）”）。“蛋头”用来描述一个极为讨厌的聪明人，说他是蛋是因为大家觉得聪明人的头都比常人大，而且看起来像是倒置的蛋。如果他们头再大一点就会被炒来吃掉了吧。

“GOT A FEW SCREWS LOOSE”

几个螺丝钉松了

This common put-down has a number of siblings, including “few spanners short of a toolbox”, “few cards short of a deck”, “not the brightest crayon in the box”, “the light’s on but no one’s home” and my personal favourite: “fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down”. All of these link to the easily-imagined idea that stupid people are somehow missing bits of their brain. It’s certainly a more comfortable way for the British upper class to think about it – it means they don’t have to bother reforming the education system again.

这个常见的骂人方式还有几个亲戚，包括“few spanners short of a toolbox（工具箱里少了几个扳手）”, “few cards short of a deck (一副牌里少了几张)”, “not the brightest crayon in the box（不是盒子里最鲜艳的蜡笔）”, “the light’s on but no one’s home（空房子里亮着灯）”, 还有我自己最喜欢的：“fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down（从笨树上掉下来的时候还撞到了每个树枝）”。所有这些说法都和同一个想当然的主要思想有关——傻人脑子里缺根筋。这样想对英国上层阶级人士来说可能是件好事，这说明他们就不必大费周章地改革教育系统了。