让人捧腹的英语文化陷阱~Small beer7.25

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　　Small beer是“小啤酒”的意思吗?难道啤酒还分大小?其实，在英国small beer指的是口味比较淡啤酒，但是在美语中则是“少量啤酒”的意思。比如说夏天有客人来访，问他要喝些什么：Anything to drink?客人就可能回答说：“I’ll have a small beer(给我一点儿啤酒。)”比喻用法中说的small beer，指规模或者格局不大的事物。自以为了不起，不是小人物的人：He thinks no small beer of himself. Be small beer常用作与人比较的表现。口语中常用small beer作形容词，因此开快餐店的朋友可以说：Ours is a small-beer fast-food joint beside McDonald. (摘自《联合早报》)

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