时间:2019-02-25 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   “他真过分,真个把我给气炸了!” 日常生活中,难免会遇到气火中烧,在郁闷、愤怒即将引爆的一刹那,“气炸”十有八九要从口中溜出。一句很美国化的用法,“气炸”—— to get someone's goat。


  不难看出,“to get someone's goat”肯定与“山羊”脱不了干系。据美国语言学家、新闻评论家H.L. Mencken(亨利·路易斯·门肯)推测,该短语源于赛马,“山羊”在赛马比赛中居一席之地。早年,驯马师在比赛前,常把山羊置于性情暴躁的种马厩中,据说可以起到安抚烈马的功效。不过,卑劣的赌徒为了赢得“马彩”,会对未下赌注的马匹做手脚,偷偷把“安抚使者”山羊牵走。
  故事讲到这儿也就明白了,to get someone's goat原指“把山羊从马的身边牵走,惹马生怒”,随着时间的推移,就成了“惹人愤怒”了。看个例句:You've carried it too far. That really gets my goat!(你做得太过分了,真个把我给气炸了。)
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