錢的笑話：4、 It's not a gun 不是槍

4. It's not a gun

A man was in a grocery store with his stingy1 friend when two robbers broke in and asked all the people to put up their hands.

As the robbers began searching the boss and other people for money, he felt a nudge2, "Take this," his friend whispered3.

Don't give me a gun, the man whispered back, "I don't want to be a hero."

It's not a gun—it's that twenty-six dollars I owe4 you.

Notes:

1. stingy 小氣的，吝嗇的

2. nudge 輕推

3. whisper 低語，小聲說

4. owe 欠

不是槍

一個男子和他的小氣朋友正在商店時，兩個強盜突然闖進來，命令所有人舉起手來。

強盜們開始對商店老板和其他人搜身時，該男子感覺到他朋友推了他一下?！澳弥@個，”朋友低聲說。

“別給我槍，”該男子也壓低聲音回答道，“我可不想做英雄”。

“不是槍，是我欠你的26塊錢”。

Useful link:

Mean和Stingy都有“小氣、吝嗇”的意思，但前者主要是指對他人不友善，后者主要指對金錢錙銖必較。因此一個對他人很mean很刻薄的人很可能自己花錢很大方，而一個對金錢很在乎很stingy的人很可能對每個人都很和善。