时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


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 俚语:美差,肥差


自古就有“肥差”、“瘦差”之分。官场之“肥”,肥在中饱私囊;商场之“肥”,肥在垄断福利;娱乐之“肥”,肥在“眼球效应”。若捞得一“肥差”,恐怕你不想让口袋鼓都难。英语中,俚语“gravy 1 train”指的就是“肥差、美差、不费吹灰之力就可赚钱的工作”。
“肥差”之肥,说白了,就是“油水”大。看来,这“gravy”(肉汁)倒也能和汉语中的“肥”对应呢。 据载,“gravy train”最早出现于上世纪20年代,本意指“能赚钱的火车”,由那些终日与火车打交道、四处漂泊的流浪汉“发明”而来。对流浪汉而言,如果能搭乘上一辆长途火车,他们几天的生计就不用愁了,最起码能保证有地方睡,有东西吃(当然包括靠乞讨和顺手牵羊等多种“方法”啦)。 后来,随着时间的推移,“be on a gravy train/to ride the gravy train”逐渐引申为“工作清闲、外快却很多的职位”。 值得一提的是,在美国,有一种狗食也叫做 Gravy Train。加水搅拌之后,这种狗食就变成了一种棕色的液体,看上去确实像诱人的肉汤。 看下面一个例句:Many government official in America is on the gravy train.(美国政府很多官员工作清闲却薪水很高。)

n.肉汁;轻易得来的钱,外快
  • You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
  • The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。
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