英國爸爸的口頭禪

　　英國人做了一個調查，題目是“爸爸最愛嘮叨的話”，結果有了個top 20的排名。不看不知道，一看嚇一跳，英國爸爸的口頭禪怎么跟我們的爸爸一樣一樣的啊?你敢說你爸爸從來沒講過這些dad phrases?!

　　1.Do you think I'm made of money?

　　你當我是搖錢樹啊?

　　2.Money doesn't grow on trees.

　　錢難掙。

　　3.He's as thick as two short planks.

　　他怎么笨得跟木頭似的。。

　　4.When I was your age...

　　我像你這么大的時候。。。

　　5.I'm not sleeping, I'm just resting my eyes

　　我沒睡，我是在放松眼睛。

　　6.I'm not going to tell you again.

　　我不想再說第二次。(約等于“我跟你說過多少遍了”)

　　7.Were you raised in a barn?

　　你是在谷倉長大的啊?(約等于“怎么一點禮貌也沒有?”)

　　8.Don't talk back to your mother.

　　別跟你媽頂嘴。

　　9.If you were told to jump off a cliff, would you?

　　別人叫你跳懸崖你也去啊?

　　10.They don't make them like they used to.

　　現在的東西都不如以前的好了。

　　11.Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!

　　別哭了，再哭我就真給你點顏色看看!

　　12.Don't tell your mother.

　　千萬別告訴你媽啊。

　　13.Waste not, want not.

　　勤儉節(jié)約，吃穿不愁。

　　14.You're not going out in that?!

　　你就穿這樣出門?!

　　15.We were grateful to have an orange for Christmas.

　　圣誕節(jié)有個橘子我們就高興壞了(約等于“以前過年有塊肉吃就不錯了”)。

　　16.Now don't go spending a lot on me.

　　別花那個錢給我買東西。

　　17.A little hard work never hurt anybody.

　　好好工作啊。

　　18.You'll understand when you're older.

　　等你老了你就知道了。

　　19.You don't know you're born.

　　身在福中不知福。

　　20.Don't let the bedbugs bite.

　　晚安。