詞匯掌故:蠅頭小利
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Mitford Mathews
校稿 Season111
翻譯 manhattan280
組長 莜珍
The same person who protests that he is working for chickenfeed may also say, "I am working for peanuts." She means she is working for a small amount of money. It is a very different meaning from the main one in the dictionary. That meaning is small nuts that grow on a plant. No one knows for sure …
那些抗議工資低而說自己為了雞食(微不足道的數(shù)目)而工作的人也可能會說“我是在為了花生(微不足道的錢)工作?!彼囊馑际撬墓ぷ魉弥挥泻苌俚腻X。 這里花生所表達(dá)的意思與字典上的主要意思大相庭徑。字典中花生解釋為生長在莊稼里的小型堅果。 沒人清楚為何一種食物的名字同樣能描述很小的事物。其實(shí),花生本身就是…