為什么喝酒前要碰杯呢?

為什么喝酒前要碰杯呢?

Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?

Q: 為什么喝酒時(shí)要碰杯？

A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink．To prove to a guest that a drink was safe，it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host．Both men would drink it simultaneously ．When a guest trusted his host，he would then just touch or clink the host's glass with his own.

A： 過去常常有人認(rèn)為在酒杯里放毒來謀殺敵人，為了證實(shí)酒是安全的，賓客會(huì)把杯中一部分酒倒進(jìn)主人杯中，然后主賓同時(shí)喝下去以證明無毒，已成為一種習(xí)俗當(dāng)賓客信任主人時(shí)，兩人就只是碰一下杯子。