Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Skite! Skite! Your pants are too tight!

Chinese translation:

吹牛!

Added to glossary by yuzouren
Jul 17, 2006 02:56
17 yrs ago
English term

Skite! Skite! Your pants are too tight!

English to Chinese Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Children's sayings
For fun.

This is what children say to skites.
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): wherestip, Philip Tang

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Proposed translations

49 mins
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吹牛!

小孩子要说小孩子话。
也可以说王婆买瓜, 自吹自擂,太大人化了
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "great! thank you! 王婆买瓜,(自买自夸). pants are too tight? I don't know what it means - maybe just 'looks ridiculous.' 也许是自己裤子突然发生毛病,孩子感到自己内衣有一点不正常了!真是(太无聊)了... "
39 mins

自吹自擂

自鳴得意,自誇
SKITE這屬澳、紐地區語
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42 mins

吹牛,吹牛,你的牛皮吹得太大了。

试译:

skite

n. a boastful person
v. to boast
(apparently used mainly/only here in Australia/NZ).

EXAMPLE:

John's been skiting about his new car - that guy is such a big skite!

skite与tight是押韵,所以英文读起来很好玩。“吹牛的人的裤子太紧(小)了”-->牛皮吹大了。



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Note added at 52 mins (2006-07-17 03:49:19 GMT)
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=skite&defid=1...
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1 hr

吹!吹!牛皮不是吹的!火车不是推的!

In Cantonese, 吹水唔抹嘴!
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6 hrs

飞呀!飞呀!你的裤子太紧了-- 难受呀 !

飞呀!飞呀!你的裤子太紧了-- 难受呀 !
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16 hrs

再吹啊!再吹啊! 再吹牛皮就吹破啦!!

再吹啊!再吹啊! 再吹牛皮就吹破啦!!
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