"說曹操曹操到",say caocao, caocao come? 你確定老外能聽懂?



當你在英語國家和你的老外好友聊到某人A,然後A突然出現,熟悉中國習語的你是不是在抓耳撓腮的在想怎麼表達”說曹操曹操到“呢?你總不能說“say cao cao, cao cao come”吧,我覺得我能想象到如果你這麼說,你的好友一臉黑人問號,“Who is cao cao? His name is not cao cao!”。


這就給自己惹麻煩了,你還得費好多唾沫講中國的歷史,講曹操的故事,最後搞不好越說越亂,說到吐血,老外還是很倔強的不明白。




talk of the devil,【said when a person appears just after being mentioned】,說到誰誰就到,其實就是中國人常說的“說曹操曹操到”。

也可以用speak of the devil,意思一樣。

例句:Well, talk of the devil. Here is Emma. 呀,說曹操曹操到,艾瑪來了。


小夥伴們,是不是超級簡單?下次直接說這個短語,老外絕對秒懂!


裡面有個devil這個詞,不知道你們認不認識,它能組成很多有趣的英語習語,也是native-speaker常說的。

devil, /ˈdɛv(ə)l/,撒旦,魔鬼,混蛋,究竟

  • have the luck of the devil,【have extremely good luck】,這話不是反話,是真的在說你人非常走運,比如中了彩票,拿現在流行語說,就是人品好到爆。

例句:I can't believe that I won the lottery and passed the accountant exam in the same week. I must have the luck of the devil! 我不敢相信我在同一週中了彩票並且通過了會計考試。我一定

運氣爆棚了!

  • something is the devil to do,【a thing that is very difficult or awkward to do or deal with】,做某事要費九牛二虎之力。

例句:It is going to be the devil to control the spreading of this novel coronavirus. 要想遏制這種新型冠狀病毒的傳播,是要費九牛二虎之力的

  • the devil looks after his own,【success or good fortune often seem to come to those who least deserve it】,表面意思是惡人自己能好好照顧自己,說簡單點,就是壞人得逞,腦子裡是不是立馬跳出來偶像劇那些用爛了的橋段,善良的窮苦美女被一個霸道總裁暗戀著,不巧的是身邊一個蛇蠍美女想要佔有這個霸道總裁,然後故意製造各種困難,最後抱得帥哥歸,咳咳,說跑題了,言歸正傳。

例句:A: "I can't believe that he got a promotion after he discredited me!" B: "Well, the devil looks after his own." A:“我不敢相信他毀壞了我的名譽後竟然得到了提拔!” B:“哎,壞人總是會得逞。”

  • be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea,【in a difficult situation where there are two equality unpleasant choices】,進退兩難,此短語廣為人知離不開一首歌曲的流行,歌名和這個短語一字不差,這是創作於1931年的老歌,表達痴情人的哀怨,小編親自聽了下,怪好聽的,感興趣的上網搜搜。

例句:I'm caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. I don't know which one is better, continue this stable job with a low wage or receive the new job offer with higher pay but in bad work condition. 我陷入了兩難境地,我不知道哪個更好,是繼續做這個底薪的穩定工作還是接受這份高薪但工作條件不好的新工作?

  • go to the devil!【said in angry rejection or condemnation of someone】,見鬼去吧!我們可以對新冠肺炎病毒說這句話。

例句:Let the Covid-19 go to the devil!

小編就不翻譯上句話了哈,大家都懂的。

關於devil的解說到此為止~


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