Saturday, September 22, 2012

鼓劲、打气

最近有人赢了个最佳胡子奖(Best Facial Hair Ever Award),新闻的标题是: Fan's Goatee Shows Who He's Rooting For.  该男子把胡子剃成字母"T", 为自己最喜欢的Tennessee校队打气。
详情请看:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/tennessee-fan-wins-best-facial-hair-ever-award-163410813--ncaaf.html
to root for: to cheer on, to give moral support to. 为某队/某人鼓劲、打气。

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

不三不四的下等人

今天听人开玩笑说:"We don't associate with riff-raff."  我们不跟不三不四的下等人来往。
riff raff 的词源来自古法文 "rif et raf",愿意是"one and all"。现指声誉不好或没用的社会最底层的人。