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He likes to put on the dog.

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He likes to put on the dog.
为什么翻译成:说他喜欢摆架子?
He likes to put on the dog.
put on the dog表示“耍派头;卖弄”,它的渊源可追溯到19世纪贵夫人豢养的哈吧狗.
美国内战后,即19世纪中叶到20世纪初,一大批暴发户相继涌现,他们为了耍阔往往花很多钱去买一些品种罕见的哈巴狗.当时耶鲁大学的学生就创造了to put on the dog来嘲笑那些整日炫耀爱犬的阔太太.举个例子:
John is sure putting on the dog since his rich aunt died and left him 10 million dollars.He's bought the biggest house in town and a Mercedes 600,and talks about buying some riding horses.(约翰的阿姨去世后给他留了一千万美元遗产,这下他可有资本耍阔了.他买了城里最大的一栋房子和一辆梅赛德斯600,他还说要买几匹马供他骑玩呢.)