最近订了TORONTO STAR,每天翻翻,不见得都看得懂,选些感兴趣的看看,挺有意思的。今天注意到一个题目是:“FOR BETTER OR WORSE”的四格漫画,只有三句话,却有两句话让我学到新东西。
HUSBAND: COME ON, ELLY... LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.
WIFE: EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME NEW YEAR'S EVE. -WHO'S GOING TO REMEMBER ANYTHING I DID?
HUSBAND: DUMB QUESTION.
第一句的“let bygones be bygones”是“既往不咎”、“过去的就让它过去吧”。英文的解释是:“something that you say in order to tell someone to forget about unpleasant things that have happened in the past Why can't you put all that bad feeling behind you and let bygones be bygones?
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最后一句“dumb question” 是“愚蠢的问题”。查了一下,2010年 the dumbest question居然是这个:“Who is more talented? Jimi Hendrix or Justin Bieber?”