和老婆去餐館吃飯,我突發(fā)奇想,偷偷問:“想不想吃霸王餐。”
她緊張而興奮地點點頭。
于是我趁人不注意猛地扯了幾根她的頭發(fā)扔在湯里。
還別說,這招真有效,店老板看我被老婆打得渾身是血根本就不敢收錢。
今天咱們就來看看,“吃霸王餐”英文都咋說?
dine and dash
"Excuse me manager Bob, I just had a dine and dash on table 16. I walked away for a second to refill their drink and when I came back they were gone."
“鮑勃經(jīng)理對不起,我負責的16號桌吃了霸王餐。我離開了片刻去續(xù)杯,回來后他們就沒影兒了。”
dine and ditch
We were driving home and we were talking about him and his girlfriend's little brother dining and ditching a couple of weeks ago so we figured we would try it out.
我們開車回家,談到他和女友弟弟幾周前吃飯?zhí)訂蔚男袨?,覺得也想試一下。
chew and screw
I just had a steak dinner at the Four Seasons.
我剛在四季飯店吃了牛排飯。
Expensive?
貴嗎?
Nah, I chewed and screwed.
哪有,我吃完就溜了。
eat and run
I don't invite John to dinner anymore because he always has some excuse to eat and run.
我不再請約翰吃飯了,因為他總是找借口吃完就走。
do a runner
The teenagers did a runner as soon as the cab stopped, leaving the driver to foot the bill.
出租車一停車,幾個年輕人馬上就跑了,司機只好自己買單。
beat the check
“買單”的英文就是“check” ; beat the check就是“逃單”了。(beat作為躲避的意思很常見,例如beat the traffic; Michael的 "Beat It")