优才英语秀－地道俚语－Edice丨李娟

Tuesday, slang sharing！That is “speak of the devil” 俚语部分来啦, 俚语是“speak of the devil”。 “devil”魔鬼的意思，speak of the devil, 说到魔鬼 someone appears after you mention them. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil". Speak of the Devil 意思是刚提高某人，某人就出现了，也就是中文中常说的“说曹操，曹操就到” Speak of the devil 是在18世纪初开始流行的。当时有一种迷信的说法，也就是：speak of the devil and he's sure to appear。如果你说到魔鬼，魔鬼就一定会现身。后来就简化成：speak of the devil。那么当你提到一个人的时候，那个人出现了，人们就会说“ Speak of the Devil” For example： It's bad manners of John to keep us waiting. He's never on time. Look at the clock. He's already twenty-five minutes late. Shall we go? Oh, speak of the devil, here he is now. John 让我们这么等，真是没有礼貌。他从来都不准时。看看那钟吧，他已经晚了25分钟了。我们要不就走吧？噢，他来了，真是说到曹操，曹操就到。