Do children's shoes like to eat fish?
Today, Xiao Mai took everyone's brain holes
Guess "Fishwife"
What is the meaning?
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What does "Fishwife" mean?
See this sentence, do not translate literally as "fish wife", what does that mean?
It is said that in the past, the British fish seller spoke very vulgarly, and if you bargained with her for half a day and finally did not buy her fish, she would break her mouth and scold. Thus Fishwife means "shrew". Of course, it can also be translated as "fish woman".
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Lucy was screaming at me like a fishwife.
Lucy yelled at me like a shrew.
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What does "midwife" mean?
"Midwife" doesn't mean: wife in the middle. A person, especially a woman, who is trained to help women give birth to babies. So, "Midwife" means: midwife; midwife; midwife.
She's a trained midwife.
She is a specially trained midwife.
03
Monkey suit ≠ Monkey suit
It's an American slang word that correctly means: men's evening gowns.
Do I have to wear a monkey suit to dinner tonight?
Do I have to wear an evening dress to the restaurant tonight?
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Bad blood ≠ Bad blood
"Bad blood" does not mean "bad blood", it really means: "bad feelings, resentment, discord".
There is, it seems, some bad blood between Mills and the Baldwins.
Mills and Baldwin seem to have a grudge.
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