此说法当然来自古代英国的风俗——凡是有贵人驾到宫廷,必奏小号(trumpet)。个中内涵是被侮辱的那人自以为很重要,但其实微不足道,没有人为他吹小号来迎驾;令人尴尬的是,他得“自吹自擂来广告自己有多重要。这个短语反应了英国人有多讨厌油腔滑调的自荐行为,这就是大家都抵触进入金融行业的原因吧。
“THINKS HE’S GOD’S GIFT
觉得自己是上帝的礼物
As I revealed in another article for KanDongSee, most of Britain’s insults come from Christian references, and here we see another example. God gave humankind many gifts, but it’s pretty pompous to assume that you’re one of them. The phrase is usually said of a man who thinks he is “God’s gift to women (and he probably blows his own trumpet about it), and subtlyundermines the man in question is a classically British fashion. He will no doubt return home to curl into a ball and flounder in his own tears.
我在看东西另一篇文章中曾披露,大多英式的奚落方式来自基督教,这条也不例外。上帝给予了人们许多礼物,但要是你觉得自己就是其中之一,就不只是一点点的浮夸了。这个说法一般用在男人身上,这人认为自己是“上帝给女人的礼物(这些人应该也会自吹自擂),而经典的英式做法就是用这句话微妙地贬低他。你这一说,他肯定会灰溜溜地回家,蜷成一团嚎啕大哭的。
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