schlemazel
中文词源
- schlemazel (n.)
- also schlimazel, "born loser," 1948, from Yiddish shlim mazel "rotten luck," from Middle High German slim "crooked" + Hebrew mazzal "luck." British slang shemozzle "an unhappy plight" (1889) is probably from the same source.
A shlemiel is the fellow who climbs to the top of a ladder with a bucket of paint and then drops it. A shimazl is the fellow on whose head the bucket falls. [Rep. Stephen J. Solarz (D.-N.Y.), 1986]
双语例句
- 1. My husband is such a schlemiel -- he gave US $ 50 to some con artists.
- 我丈夫呆得可以 -- 他给了一些骗子五十美元.
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