西方十大常見迷信(7)

Editor's note: You are mistaken if you think that Westerners do not believe in superstitions. The superstitions might be different, but pretty much every country around the world has them. Our bloggers have compiled a list of some of the common superstitions followed in the West to help you get a better insight into their cultures and customs. Feel free to leave your comments if you know of more superstitions, with their origins.

要是你認(rèn)為西方人不迷信，那你就大錯特錯了。不同國家迷信內(nèi)容或許不同，但幾乎所有國家都存在迷信。博主整理了一份西方共有迷信清單，以方便大家深入了解西方文化與風(fēng)俗。如果你知道更多的迷信內(nèi)容以及其起源，可在評論區(qū)暢所欲言!

7. Walking underneath a ladder is widely held to be bad luck. 從梯子下走不吉利

'Walking under a ladder' came about in England a few centuries ago when people drank more ale at lunch than ate food. Drunken sign painters were likely to dump a bucket of paint if you walked by or under their ladder and handymen would drop tools.

“從梯子下走不吉利”來源于英國幾個世紀(jì)前發(fā)生的事。在晚餐喝了過多的麥芽酒而沒吃多少食物之后，當(dāng)有人路過梯子或是從梯子下走，喝醉了的畫家們可能會將他們的油漆桶倒下去，雜務(wù)工要是喝醉了可能會將自己的工具丟下去。