加载中…as happy as a clam 开心得不得了
(2012-05-08 08:04:44)
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as happy as
a clam 开心得不得了
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You look as
happy as a clam.
= You look
very happy.
（你们看起来真是快乐似神仙啊！）
其实这个俚语完整的说法是 as happy as
aclam at high tide（像涨潮时的蛤蛎一样快乐），high tide
就是『涨潮』。蛤蛎跟开心有什麽关系呢？人们通常在退潮时才会去海滩捡蛤蛎，所以涨潮时的蛤蛎既不用担心有生命危险，又可以饱食海中的浮游生物，当然很开心。沿用到後来
at high tide 被省略了，所以就用 as happy as a clam
来形容一个人开心得不得了。
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