演說完畢,一些聽眾仍在議論紛紛,一位聽眾說道:"Mr. Smith is full of hot air ." Smith先生是兩位候選人之一。我心想,這位 Smith 先生怎么會(huì)和熱空氣或者熱氣球有關(guān)系呢? 另一位聽眾接著前一位聽眾的話說道,"Mr. Smith never keeps his promises."這時(shí)我意識到恐怕 full of hot air 不是熱空氣或熱氣球的意思?;氐郊乙徊樽值?,發(fā)現(xiàn) full of hot air 原來是吹牛大王的意思。在英語俚語中,hot air 是空話,大話和夸夸其談的意思。
(摘自《世界日報(bào)》)
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