1009周二Slang: 美国不同地区不同口语1：南方俗语

Y’all

你们

(you + all = y’all)

Y’all havin’ a good time?

你们玩得开心吗？

Where do y’all wanna go?

你们想去哪呢？

Ain’t

不

Is not, are not, have not

I ain’t gonna do that.

我就不做了。

I ain’t been there in a long time.

我好久没有去那里。

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

如果没有坏了，那你别修吧。

如果一个情况已经没问题的话就别在弄了，可能会无意中把它弄坏了。

He was runnin’ around like a chicken with its head cut off.

他跟一个头被砍掉了的鸡一样乱跑，跑来跑去。

How’ve you been lately?

I’ve been busy! I’ve been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, and I still ain’t finished!

你最近怎么样？

我很忙！天天跟没有头的鸡一样跑来跑去，也还做不完

Angry as a wet hen

跟一个被弄湿了的母鸡一样特别特别生气

Hey, I ain’t seen Josh in a while. Y’all seen him?

I saw him! He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off, angry as a wet hen.

嘿，我好久没看到树华，你们看到他了吗？

我见到了！他刚刚在跑老跑去，跟一只被弄湿了的母鸡一样生气。

All hat and no cattle

他帽子是有的，但是没有牛

这个人很虚、很装

Tom owes me $50, and he won’t pay me back!

I told you not to give him money. He’s all hat and no cattle.

汤姆欠我五十美元，也不换给我！

我跟你说了不要给他钱。他说的还可以，但是没有能力。

I owe Sam $50. He said he was gonna kill me!

Don’t worry. You’re safe. Sam is all hat and no cattle.

我欠Sam五十美元，他说他要杀了我！

放心，你很安全的，Sam只会说话而已，不会动手。

Were you born in a barn?

你是在谷仓里出生的吗？

I gave Tom $50.

Were you born in a barn? You’ll never get that money back!

我给Tom借了五十美元。

你傻吗？那个钱你永远找不回来。

Josh, the episode is too long! You have to stop now!

I know, I know! Man. I wasn’t born in a barn!

树华，这期节目已经太长了，你要结束啦！

我知道，我知道！妈呀，我不是在谷仓里出生的。