
Conversational Blue Balls:談話時立即轉移話題
Conversational Blue Balls的意思是某人在談話時提出某一話題,然后馬上轉移話題而且拒絕再談那個話題.這樣的人是不是有些不可理喻?你可能會認為他閑的蛋疼,呵呵,blue balls這個美國俚語也有蛋疼的意思.
"Goodness, did you hear about what happened?" 天哪,你聽說出什么事了嗎?
"What happened?" 發生什么了?
"Anyways, I'm gonna go." 不說了,我要走了.
"Wait, what happened?" 等等,到底怎么了?
"Oh, don't worry about it." 哦,別操心了.