let one's hair down 让某人放松下来

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let one's hair down
让某人放松下来
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let one's hair down
字面上的意思是『让某人的头发垂下来』。
西方女性过去都留长发,外出时习惯盘起头发以示庄重,回家後才会将头发放下,这样才能比较放松。
因此这个俚语後来就引申为『让某人放松下来』。
为了和阿辉争夺『马桶大王』这个封号,阿雄只有在每年尾牙时,才有机会好好放松一下。我们就可以这麽说:
That party
gives him a chance to let his hair down once in a
while.
= That party
gives him a chance to relax and enjoy himself once in
a
while.
(那场派对让他有机会偶而也能放松一下。)
*once in a
while 偶而