five-finger discount 可不是「5折」！理解錯老外要笑死

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N: Hey, Colin, what happened to you? You look so down today.
C: I had a terrible one-two punch. My electricity went out yesterday and I couldn’t sleep all night..
N: Oh no, that’s too bad. I really feel you…So you just used the phrase” a one-two punch”.
C: punch is to hit someone with fist.N:a punch.
C: right, so in boxing, if you give a sequence of two quick punches, that’s a one-two punch.C: you got it! It also means that two things happen together. It mostly refer to bad things happen together, but sometimes also can be good things together.N: a one-two punchC: Yeah, you know, our voices together when recording are a one-two punch.C:Idioms related to numbers
C: for two, there is “be of two minds”N: be of two minds
C: yeah, kind of. For example, you would probably say this .I'm of two minds about eating fried chicken: It's really delicious, but I’m on diet.
N:of two mindsC: Yeah, you have not decided or are not certain about something : having two opinions or ideas about something.
N: You know, I'm of two minds about where to go on next holiday, whether going to Japan or Korea.C: well, you shouldn’t worry about that now! cuz you can’t go anywhere!N: , I just thought about a new phrase for two
C: come on, hit me.N:second to none.C: Emm, this is a great one. You are just second to none.N:HAHa, yeah, second to noneLike we tried a new pizza yesterday and the pizza was second to none.C: right, but I feel Chinese food is second to none.N: yes, yes, you can say that again!
C:ok, now let’s look at the next one: the third time is the charm
C: yeah, we believe actual good luck is sure to arrive just before you try something for the third time.N: Like, if I wanted to have dinner with you sometime, but you rejected me twice already…C:I would be very likely to say yes the third time. Cuz you know, it’s just difficult to turn someone down and let her down every time.N: HAHA, yeah, the third time is the charm
C: But that’s an example, I would never turn you down.
N: For sure not!!!
C:ahh, for this one, you can say three strikes and you're out.
N: ahh..Three strikes, 了。Ok, now let’s go to number four!
C: okay, here we have: on all fours
N: on all fours 的four指的是your hands and your knees.
C: yeah, sometimes we will be on all fours when looking for something dropped under the table.
N: ，You will be on your fours and begging me if you hurt me!
C:OMG, Norah, you are so bossy!
N: haha, just kidding…
C:alright, for five, do you know five-finger discount?
N: high five,
C:haha, very creative but no. It actually means stealing or theft.
N: ahh, stealing or theft
C: you know, in English, we also have six six six.
N: Really?
C: we don’t think six is a good number…because it is the name of the devil king in Christianity. It is the beast.
N: devil king six feet under,
C: yeah, to say someone is six feet under, means that he is dead and buried.
six feet under,
C: right, and also deep six, means means to hide something in such a way that it will be extremely difficult or impossible to find or recover.
N: deep six
C: yeah, you can say：I'd simply like to deep-six this whole project. Or they gave my project the deep six.
C: so much for the bad things related to six, let’s look at a lucky number, 7
N: lucky 7! 。But why is seven a lucky number?
C: There are seven days of the week, seven colours of the rainbow, seven notes on a musical scale, and seven continents.
Seven notes，七个音符，还有seven continents七大洲。
C: YEAH, in the creation story, God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh day.
C: The seven-year itch!
N: so is there this phrase in English as well? Does it have the same meaning as in Chinese?
C: Sure, it is from a movie with this name. Research found that seven years is the danger point for couples.
It could be five years itch in the future.
C: HAHA, I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe one year for young people.
N: haha
C: but the phrase we have today doesn’t have a positive meaning. It is behind the eight ball.
N: Behind the eight ball,playing pool.
C: Yeah, when playing pool, if the white ball, we call the cue ball, is behind the eight ball, a player will have no shot and he will most likely lose.
the cue ball, 黑球是 the eight ball, the cue is just behind the eight ball, C:right, for example, if your due for work is tomorrow, and you haven’t started doing anything. You will be behind the eight ball.
N: yeah, never put yourself behind the eight ball. Good, now let’s look at nine. We have on cloud nine.
C: yeah, on cloud nine means that you are blissfully happy. For example, if the one you love proposed to you, you would be on cloud nine.
propose And even if he just asked me to be his girlfriend, I would be on cloud nine.