big mouth 大嘴巴,口不擇言的人
you and your big mouth 都是你這個大嘴巴(責人)!
shut your big mouth 請閉上你的尊嘴!
me and my big mouth 都怪我這個大嘴巴(自責)!
Big mouth 一詞用以自貶或責怪他人。自貶時,通常在說溜了嘴或批評他人而口不擇言后用之。此一語氣并不粗俗,正式社交場所亦可使用。
Big mouth 用來——損人,貶人
1. big mouth 大嘴巴,口不擇言的人
A. WABC1 is courting another right-winged2 big mouth,Mike Gallagher3,to fill the time slot vacated by venomous radio host Bob Grant4.
為填補無口德的主持人葛蘭特的時段,WABC電臺邀請了另一個右派大嘴巴葛拉哥爾。
(Daily News,5/2/96)
注:
1. WABC總部設在紐約市,系迪士尼公司(Walt Disney Co.)旗下的廣播電臺。美國的廣播電臺臺名冠K或W,電臺駐密西西比河以西的用(K),位于密西西比河以東的用(W)。
2. right-winged 屬右翼的,指思想保守的 (如反對死刑及墮胎等),多是用來形容共和黨籍人士(Republicans)。
3. Gallagher 駐紐約州阿班尼市——脫口秀 (talk show——訪談節(jié)目)主持人。
4. Grant 因說話過于刻薄惡毒,令迪士尼公司不悅而炒了魷魚。
A. Eyes snapping with fire1,Chavez2,…said,“When it started, it was O.K. But Rosario has a big mouth,and the people around him have got big mouths. He went too far. When a man calls me what he called me3,that’s when the fight4 starts.”
(Sport Illustrated,11/30/87)
沙維茲忍無可忍地說:“一開始這事還無所謂,不過羅沙利歐口不擇言,他周圍的人也口不擇言。他太過分了。當一個人用那種話來罵我時,我就要跟他拼啦?!?
注:
1. eyes snapping with fire 借“眼睛有劈啦作響的火”喻“忍無可忍”解。由副詞從句When his eyes snap (snapped/are(were)snapping) with fire簡化而成。
2. Chavez,Rosario 兩人當時二十四歲,皆輕量級(135磅)職業(yè)拳擊手,在交鋒前后者不斷挑釁時,為前者對現場記者所說的話。
3. what he called me Rosario罵Chavez為膽戰(zhàn)心驚的人(a coward)。
4. the fight 指兩個人要到外面去對決算賬。
2. you and your big mouth 都是你這個大嘴巴!
A. I told Joyce that you bought a Valentine’s gift for her.
我告訴芝絲你買了一個情人節(jié)的禮物給她。
B. I told you not to tell her. I wanted to keep it a secret.
跟你講過,不準告訴她嘛,我要保密啊!
A. I couldn’t help it. She asked me….
是她問我的,我沒有辦法啊!
B. You and your big mouth!
都是你這個大嘴巴!
3. shut your big mouth 閉上你的尊嘴!
A. (Police,after discovering a suspicious package in the car trunk) OK,Who can tell me what’s in this package?
(警員發(fā)現行李箱有可疑的包裹后發(fā)問)現在,誰能告訴我,這個包裹里面是什么東西?
B. (rider,scared) It’s… it’s…mari….1
(乘客,顯得恐慌) 是……是……大……。
C. (driver to rider) Shut your big mouth,and let me do the talking2!
(駕駛人對乘客說)閉上你的尊嘴!由我來說!
注:
1. mari… 是marijuana (大麻),欲言又止,只說出了前半個音節(jié)。
2. do the talking 負責來說,the talking是純名詞性的動名詞 (Verbal noun),當do的賓語,類似用法很多,如 My mother does all the washing. (衣服都是媽媽洗的。)I did the telephoning. (電話是我打的。)
A. “The way you talked to your wife after the game—if I were her2—— I’d have left you. Seriously.”
“說真的,比賽后你那樣跟你太太說話,換我是她的話,就會離開你啊?!?
B. “Know what might help2? Learn to mind your own business and keep your big mouth shut.”
(Men’s Health 雜志,9/1/98)
“勸君別管閑事,閉上你的尊口?!?
注:
1. If I were her 是虛擬語氣 (Subjunctive mood),但在語法上主語補足語應該用主格的she,但在口語中常用賓格取代。
2. Know what might help? (你可)知道該怎樣做嗎?語句中省去了 “Do You”。
Big mouth 用來自貶
A. Me and my big mouth! Dave found out about our plans for a surprise birthday party for him after I told Amy about it.
都是我這個大嘴巴(不好)!我們?yōu)榇缶S籌備的意外驚喜生日派對講給愛梅聽后,他全知道了。