情景對話
▌A:Does Tom drink a lot?
湯姆喝酒喝得很多嗎？
▌B:Yes, he does. He often has had one too many. But when I advised him not to drink too much, he just boasted that he had hollow legs and nobody had ever drunk him under the table.
是的，他經常喝多，但是當我建議他不要喝太多時，他總是吹牛，說他的酒量大得不得了，沒人能把他灌倒。
▌A:That's a problem. He has sort of Dutch courage and that will egg him on in doing anything.
這可是個問題，他在酒後逞能，什麼事情都會做出來的。
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Dutch courage是因為英國與荷蘭之間的恩恩怨怨，積重難反。英語中很多跟荷蘭有關的詞，都是貶義的，比如Dutch comfort (苟且偷安，暫時的自我安慰）。
知識點
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▌hollow legs （or a hollow leg）
千杯不醉，喝酒海量;食量大，大胃王
釋義：
the capacity to eat or drink a lot without ill effects
例句：
I think he has a hollow leg!
我覺得他千杯不醉！
▌drink sb under the table
把某人灌醉
例句：
I can drink you under the table!
我能把你們都喝趴下！
▌egg sb on
慫恿某人, 煽動某人
釋義：
If you egg a person on, you encourage them to do something, especially something dangerous or foolish.
例句：
The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window.
儘管其他孩子慫恿那個男孩，但他不想把石頭扔進窗戶。
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