關(guān)于茶的英語趣談
1.a tea hound
在茶話會、舞會或各種社交場合,總有些喜歡追逐漂亮女子并對她們大獻(xiàn)殷勤的家伙。這類花花公子就被稱為tea hounds 愛交際的男子。
例句:John is much mature now, I think he's no longer a tea hound. 約翰現(xiàn)在成熟多了,我想他不再是愛交際的花花公子了。
somebody's cup of tea
英國人對茶情有獨(dú)鐘,無論什么飲品都代替不了茶在他們心中的位置。因此somebody's cup of tea指的就是to be something that one prefers or desires 對某人胃口的東西,使某人感興趣的東西。
例句:Football/Opera/Chemistry is not his cup of tea. 足球/歌劇/化學(xué)可不是他的愛好。
This spy novel is just my cup of tea. 這本偵探小說正對我的胃口。
2.a storm in a tea cup
這是18世紀(jì)法國哲學(xué)家孟德斯鳩的一句名言。有一次他聽說圣馬力諾發(fā)生了一場騷亂,就用a storm in a tea cup這個比喻來形容整個事件。圣馬力諾是歐洲最小的共和國,人口稀少,因此孟德斯鳩認(rèn)為那里的騷亂對整個歐洲局勢無關(guān)緊要。If someone exaggerates a problem or makes a small problem seem far greater than it really is, then they are making a storm in a teacup. 顧茶杯里的風(fēng)暴”自然算不得什么大事,所以就被用來表示“小題大做,大驚小怪”的意思。
例句:That couple often quarrel, but it is a storm in a tea cup. 那對夫妻經(jīng)常吵架,沒什么大驚小怪的。
Storm in a teacup是大驚小怪的英式英語表達(dá),美式英語的說法是tempest in a teapot。此外,
大驚小怪相似的說法還有:a storm in a cream-bowl,a tempest in a glass of water,a storm in a hand-wash basin。
3.tea break
飲茶一直被英國人看作是一種悠閑和舒適的享受。英國人喝茶的時間比較固定,不像我們那樣隨時隨地都可以喝茶。他們習(xí)慣于三餐兩茶,每天工作、學(xué)習(xí)一段時間后,喜歡停下來休息一刻鐘左右,喝杯茶,吃些點(diǎn)心,補(bǔ)充體力。這段時間叫做tea break(茶休)an intermission from work, usually in the middle of the morning or afternoon, for a cup of tea, a snack, etc.。茶休有morning tea(上午茶)和afternoon tea(下午茶)之分:上午茶一般在十點(diǎn)半左右;下午茶一般在下午四五點(diǎn)鐘。
茶休的習(xí)慣源于英國18世紀(jì)的一位貝德芙公爵夫人安娜。她每天在午餐和晚餐之間總會感到有點(diǎn)饑餓,于是就在每天下午四點(diǎn)到五點(diǎn)之間邀請三五位知心好友,來喝點(diǎn)茶吃點(diǎn)點(diǎn)心。再后來就演變?yōu)?ldquo;上下午工間或課間吃茶點(diǎn)的休息時間”。這種茶休在英國可是雷打不動的小憩時間。
例句:Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break. 我們殘忍的工頭不給我們工間茶休的時間。
作者:大學(xué)生新聞網(wǎng) 來源:大學(xué)生新聞網(wǎng)
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