小西和朋友合租,朋友提议晚上一起看恐怖片,小西找借口说,今天周日,还是看搞笑综艺放松吧。朋友无可奈何,吐槽小西:You’re so chicken!朋友骂小西是一只鸡,什么鬼?其实,意思是这样的……You’re so chicken,其实在说“你是个胆小鬼”!Chicken,有鸡、鸡肉的意思。其实,chicken形容词还可以表示懦弱、胆怯。西方人认为小鸡特别温顺。通常意义上,温顺到极点,自然就是懦弱。Chicken,衍生出了“胆小鬼”意思。I dare not walk in the night。It doesn't mean that I'am chicken.接下来,分享给你几个关于chicken的有趣俚语。play chicken,可不是“玩小鸡”。它表示“比试胆量”,与某人叫板。play chicken with sb/sth,与某人/某物叫板。
When you drive ,you'd better not play chicken with bigger cars.Hey you wanna dare me? let's play chicken.Don't count your chickensdon't count your chickens,不要数你的鸡。实际上说,不要盲目乐观。蛋还没有孵出,不要忙着先数鸡。Don t count your chickens before they are hatched.It's quite possible that you will get the job, but don't count your chickens before they are hatched.chicken out,不是“鸡跑了”。实际是指“没胆量”,临阵退缩。这里的chicken,可以理解为胆量、胆气。I had never ridden on a motorcycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.a headless chicken,没有头的鸡,翻译为“无头苍蝇”。Run round like a headless chicken,像一个无头苍蝇转圈。Instead of running round like a headless chicken,use efforts in a more productive way.