教你如何骂人

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:40:25

遗憾是英文

When Insults Had Class

These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:41:29

A member of Parliament to Disraeli:
"Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."

"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:42:03

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:42:42

"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:43:17

"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:43:35

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:43:59

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:44:47

"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchil

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second.... if there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.

UWB · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:48:27

HA haha !! Must say, the Brits are really the best at this kind of humor..

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:48:51

"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." - Stephen Bishop

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb

"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright

"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating

jimbo · 发表于 2010-4-21 23:52:20

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand

"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.." - Oscar Wilde

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." - Groucho Marx

The End

sth2say · 发表于 2010-4-22 00:46:03

丘吉尔最厉害

傻瓜满多 · 发表于 2010-4-22 02:09:30

haha,绅士

土城 · 发表于 2010-4-22 02:56:54

唇枪舌剑.忒损.

社员甲 · 发表于 2010-4-22 04:39:45

有意思！
我在澳洲就读的那个系和那个大学的英语系在一个楼里，那个系编辑的英文字典非常有名。有个老师送了我一本澳洲“脏话字典”，搜集了许多脏话，并介绍了渊源，比绅士们的直截了当的很多。

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