时间:2019-02-02 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  A cock and bull story,公鸡和公牛的故事?非也,非也。它的意思是“荒诞的故事、无稽之谈、无伤大雅的谎言”。


  1620年左右,这个短语第一次出现。据说当时英国有一家公路旅馆,店名就叫做Cock and Bull,疲倦的旅行者在这儿过夜休息,他们经常聚在一起侃大山,讲他们所经历的一些奇闻逸事。后来,这些故事就被称之为cock and bull tales。


  有时候也可以用a cock to donkey story来表示“荒诞的故事、无稽之谈”。


  来看一个例句:


  She couldn't pay her debt, instead she told me a cock-and-bull story.
  她还不了债,反而鬼话连篇。









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