分類: 流行語 – 十三畫

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裝傻；裝瘋賣傻

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英文：act/play the goat (v.)

說明：act the goat 比 play the goat 來得常見許多。

例句：

  • Stop acting the goat! (別裝傻了！ / 別裝瘋賣傻了！)
  • Allen is always acting the goat; I never know when to take him seriously. (艾倫老是裝瘋賣傻；我根本不知道什麼時候才能把他當真)
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落湯雞

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英文：a drowned rat (n.)

說明：與 look like 構成 look like a drowned rat 這個成語，意為「全身濕透；濕得像落湯雞 (尤指在大雨中被淋濕)」。

例句：

  • My father had to fix the fences in the storm and looked like a drowned rat. (我父親必須在暴風雨中修理籬笆，他渾身濕透，像隻落湯雞)
  • Kevin had to cycle home in the rain and came in looking like a drowned rat. (凱文必須冒雨騎腳踏車回家，進門時全身濕得像隻落湯雞)
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照片沒有本人好看

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英文：The picture certainly/surely doesn’t flatter you.

說明：照片還可用 photo (複數 photos) 或 photograph 來表示。這句的關鍵字是 flatter，它除了「奉承；諂媚」的意思外，還意為「(相片、畫等) 比 (真人) 好看」。視情況而定，句中的 you 可改為任何的人稱代名詞或名詞。當然了，我們亦可視需要表達「照片比本人好看」的意思。

例句：

  • This picture surely doesn’t flatter my wife. (我太太這張照片沒有本人好看)
  • The photo flatters Amy. (這張照片比艾美本人漂亮)
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會吵的小孩有糖吃

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英文：The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

說明：亦可用 The squeaky wheel gets the oil. 來表示，但比較少見。

例句：

  • No matter what computer they give her, Mary generally insists on a better one and gets it － the squeaky wheel gets the grease. (不管他們給她什麼電腦，瑪麗通常會堅持要一部更好的，而且都會得到 － 會吵的小孩有糖吃)
  • Nina begged for months to her parents for a new car and she somehow got it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess. (妮娜要她父母買新車已吵了好幾個月，不知用了什麼方法，她如願以償了。我想這就是會吵的小孩有糖吃)
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傻人有傻福

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英文：Fortune favors fools.

說明：這是從 Fortune favors the brave. (勇者理當走好運) 此一諺語轉換而來。

例句：

  • “Fortune favors fools” means that foolish people often have a lot of good luck. (“Fortune favors fools” 的意思是「傻人有傻福」)
  • Popular belief claims that fortune favors fools. (一般普遍的看法都認為傻人有傻福)