Name: 7 個常見英語成語（及其起源）--"過火"、"無蘇格蘭人 "等 (7 Common English Idioms (and Their Origins) — Over the Top, Scot-Free & More)
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E is in the form of the number seven, because we have seven cool English idioms to learn today.

E 的形狀就像數字七，因為我們今天有七個超酷的英文慣用語要學。

You might not know what that means, but if the shape is straight, it's bent.

你可能不知道它的意思，但如果原本是直的，現在彎了，就是 bent。

But usually idioms come with a history and are sometimes not clear to someone who doesn't know the language, in this case, English.

不過，慣用語通常都有歷史背景，有時候對於不懂該語言（在這裡是英文）的人來說，意思並不明確。

And my job today is to teach you seven cool English idioms, and

我今天的工作就是教大家七個超酷的英文慣用語，

I'll give you a little bit of history for a bonus.

而且我還會稍微講一下它們的歷史，當作額外獎勵。

All right, so the first one you're going to see top.

好的，第一個你會看到的是 top。

Now, I used to have a British girlfriend, or Canadian, but her father was Scottish.

我以前有個英國女友，或是加拿大的，但她爸爸是蘇格蘭人。

And he used to love to say, that's ott, James.

他以前很喜歡說：「James，你這樣太過火了。」

And he would say, over the top, sometimes known as ott.

他說：「就是太過火，有時候也叫 ott。」

It means when something is excessive or more than enough or more than needed or necessary, okay, you are going to the dentist and he's going to look at your teeth and he takes out a great big sword to clean it.

意思是當某件事過度，或多到不夠，或多到不需要，好，你去看牙醫，他要幫你洗牙，結果拿出把大劍來洗。

Bad example is the best one that comes to mind.

最容易想到的壞例子就是這個。

This came from World War I, actually, because soldiers used to go in something called the trench.

這其實是源自第一次世界大戰，因為以前的阿兵哥會進到一個叫做「戰壕」的地方。

then they would have to get out of the hole and run across this land.

And it was called no man's land for a reason, because when they would run, the other guys would go and shoot them.

之所以叫「無人地帶」是有原因的，因為當他們衝出去時，敵方就會開槍射擊他們。

So when they would say, time to go over the top, the soldiers would go, this is a bit excessive, a bit much.

所以當他們說「是時候衝出去了」，阿兵哥們就會想，這有點太過火了，有點太多了。

So when you tell someone it's OTT or over the top, you're saying it's too much.

所以當你說某件事「太過火」或「over the top」時，你就是在說它太過度了。

Well, I've got a little something to tell you.

This one is going to be called Scot free.

This is from Old English, from medieval times.

這個詞源自古英語，來自中世紀。

Medieval times is like, you know, when the king and queen, 400 years ago, maybe 16th century, the British used to tax people.

中世紀大概就是，你知道的，國王和皇后那個時候，四百年前，大概16世紀，英國人以前會對人民收稅。

Now if you didn't have to pay the taxes or you got away from paying the taxes.

現在如果你不用付稅，或者你逃掉了稅。

Now, in the modern time, we took that same idea.

現在到了現代，我們沿用了這個想法。

And what we say today when we say scot free, it's not about being tax free.

今天我們說 scot free，意思就不是不用繳稅了。

It means when you've done something bad, okay, but you don't get in any trouble.

意思是說，你做了壞事，但你沒有受到任何懲罰。

So sometimes people go to, you know, see a judge, and

the judge, okay, you killed 10 people and ate seven of them.

法官說，好，你殺了十個人，還吃了其中七個。

But there's no video evidence because we don't have cell phones.

但沒有影片證據，因為我們沒有手機。

所以你可以走了，你逍遙法外了。

If you're from England, it's called crisps.

如果你是英國人，那叫做洋芋片。

Now, in the 18th century in America, young boys, or 18th, 19th century, young boys would take a chip.

在美國的十八世紀，或是十八、十九世紀，小男孩會拿一片薯片。

So not chips or crisps, but a little piece of wood.

所以不是薯片或洋芋片，而是小小一塊木頭。

And when they wanted to fight, they'd put that chip on their shoulder and they'd walk around like this and they would say, I dare you to knock it off.

當他們想打架時，就會把那塊木屑放在肩膀上，然後這樣走來走去，說「我敢你把它弄掉」。

Because if you knock it off my shoulder, we're going to have a fight.

因為如果你把它弄掉，我們就要打架了。

And they would walk around all day going, you want to fight?

然後他們會整天這樣走來走去，說「你想打架嗎？」

We don't walk around with chips on our shoulders.

我們現在不會「帶著木屑」到處走。

但當我們說某人「有木屑在肩上」時。

I'm sorry, a chip on their shoulder, we're saying they're looking for trouble.

抱歉，是「有木屑在肩上」，我們是在說他們在找麻煩。

You've seen ladies and guys walking around like this, looking around, and what are they looking?

你看過女生或男生這樣走來走去，到處看，他們在看什麼？

They want you to say something or do something.

他們希望你說些什麼或做些什麼。

然後他們就會說，來吧，打一架。

And you go, you walk around with a chip on your shoulder.

然後你就會說，你帶著「有木屑在肩上」的態度到處走。

You're always looking for a verbal fight or a physical fight or a problem.

你一直在找架吵，或是找架打，或是找麻煩。

Okay, now we're going to go back to medieval, that king and queen times for this one.

好的，現在我們要回到中世紀，回到國王和皇后那個時代來談這個。

Back then, I guess some of the bakers, you know, people who make bread weren't always honest people.

那時候，我想有些麵包師傅，你知道的，做麵包的人不總是誠實的。

Today we have sliced bread, but we call it a loaf.

現在我們有切片麵包，但我們稱它為一條麵包。

And that's when you have many pieces together.

They wouldn't put all the stuff in the bread and they would weigh it, okay?

他們不會把所有東西都加進麵包裡，然後他們會秤重，好嗎？

Now if the people found out that the bread wasn't have the weight that it was supposed to, the baker would get in trouble.

現在如果人們發現麵包沒有達到應該有的重量，麵包師傅就會惹上麻煩。

Now the bakers got worried because it could be serious trouble because you're stealing, basically.

現在麵包師傅們開始擔心了，因為這可能會是嚴重的麻煩，因為基本上你就是在偷竊。

Now you notice I have eggs and there's a 12, and I said plus one.

你注意到我有雞蛋，還有一個12，我說再加一。

所以我們來畫一顆額外的雞蛋。

嗯，這就叫做麵包師傅的額外獎勵。

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