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正在谈论某人的时候,他/她恰好就出现了,真是“说曹操,曹操到”。这个汉语俗语用来形容的就是这种情景。在英文中,也有一个很地道的表达来谈论同样的情况,“talk of the devil”。有些时候人们用“speak of the devil”来表达相同的意思。《简明英汉词典》则给出了更为全面的解释:“Speak of the devil, and he appears”或者“Speak of the devil and he will come”。
例句:
说曹操,曹操到,老约翰逊来了。
Well, talk of the devil, here is old Johnson.
说曹操,曹操到!那些女孩正说你呢。
Speak of the devil! Some of the girls were just talking about you.
Editor: yaning
来源:中国日报网
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