螯虾天相笨拙,英语中lobster用以比喻容易受骗、动作笨拙之辈(duffer-clumsy fellow, with peculiar apperance and gait)。美国口语中称报馆值夜班为on lobster shift,也许值夜班要睁开大眼——两眼突出,lobstereyed也。
(摘自《联合早报》)
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