平常見 blow 字，最先想到的翻譯是「吹」，例如吹風 (The wind is blowing)、吹哨子 (blow the whistle) 等。但其實我們還可以 blow our nose (擤鼻子)、blow a kiss (送吻)、blow our money (花大錢)，甚至 blow our cover (暴露身份) 呢！
如果別人說 blow it、blow me down，或是 I'm blown，那又是甚麼意思呢？原來 blow 在口語可表示生氣、吃驚或不在乎，大概相等於「該死」、「天啊」這類感嘆詞。
可能 blow 字跟天氣這個常見話題有關，所以英語中含 blow 字的成語不少，例如：
- blow hot and cold (about something): 拿不定主意、出爾反爾
- blow your mind: 使人吃驚或興奮
- blow your own trumpet: 自吹自擂
- blow up in your face: 事情失敗，害了自己
除了作動詞，blow 還可作名詞使用，解作「打擊」，例如：
He was knocked out by a single blow. (他一拳便被打昏了。)
It was a shattering blow to her pride. (那件事情摧毀了她的自尊心。)
我諗到一個三級用語...... 真心邪呀我~
回覆刪除It's interesting that blow and suck can mean the same thing: "This movie blows.", "This movie sucks." OTOH, "This movie blew my socks off." means exactly the opposite.
回覆刪除I am not familiar with Raymond's definition of blow being equal to suck.
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You didn't give the definition of "blow it", which is normally used in past tense "you blew it", to mean 你搞 " 口 橫" 咗.
Sorry about the " 口 橫", I couldn't find the word in CantoneseInput.
在下都同「芝」君一樣諗到同一個用語呀！
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