The autumn wind rises, the cold is cold, and there is one less piece of clothing
It can be described as
Seeking, cold, miserable and miserable.
The overlapping words of the Chinese are really broad and profound
But did you know that there are also overlapping words in English?
They look very similar before and after
But you probably only know half of it
Like what
okey-dokey Okay
Easy-peasy is super simple
This kind of vocabulary is relaxed and vivid
Today for you to summarize ten commonly used English overlapping words in spoken English, let your spoken language be naughty!
1
okey-dokey
Okay
okey-dokey is a variant of okay, equivalent to: okeydoke, okey, sure, alright, sure thing. It first appeared in the United States in the 1930s and was subsequently used in magazines and films. More famous is a line from the short round played by Guan Jiwei in "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2": okey dokey, dr. jones. hold on to your potatoes.
Now we generally use this colloquial expression in more relaxed situations, indicating "agree", which is equivalent to "ok".
Example
okey-dokey. i’ll get back to you soon.
Okay, I'll call you back.
2
easy-peasy
Super simple, a piece of cake and relaxing.
This expression first appeared in the 1940 American film "The Road Home":
i caught him in the captain's cabin, pouring over the code book. easy-peasy！
I saw him in the captain's room, looking closely at the code book. Take it easy!
Later, it was gradually used to describe a thing that was extremely simple and easy, and could be completed without effort.
can you open this jar of pickles?
Can you help me open this box of cans?
sure thing. easy-peasy！
Sure, a piece of cake!
3
willy-nilly
Willingly or not; disorganized
willy-nilly comes from the 17th-century phrase: will he, nill he or will ye, nill ye, which means "be he willing, be he unwilling" means to do something willingly or unwillingly.
he'll have to do it willy-nilly.
Whether he wants to or not, he has to do it.
Slowly the word was used to describe disorganized and disorganized.
we lay our sleeping bags out willy-nilly, as if having fallen from the stars.
Sleeping bags were piled up by us, as if falling from the sky.
4
wishy-washy
indecisive
The word originally meant that the drink was tasteless due to its high moisture, and now it means "hesitant" or "empty and powerless".
For example, during the campus campaign, there is a discussion about who to vote for.
a：laura, are you going to for blair forster?
Laura, are you going to vote for Blair Foster?
b：nope, i think she is so wishy-washy.
No, no, I think she often can't make up her mind.
5
mumbo jumbo
Inexplicable words
Mumbo jumbo originated from the name of a strangely styled deity, extending its rhetorical meaning to mean meaningless religious rituals. Later people used the term to mean obscure words or meaningless activities.
charlotte loves to talk about blood types and personality tests. but to me it’s just mumbo jumbo.
Charlotte loves to talk about blood type and personality tests, but those things are inexplicable to me.
you don't really believe all that mumbo jumbo, do you?
You don't really believe those, do you?
6
razzle-dazzle
Dazzling
The noun razzle-dazzle describes a lively and noisy activity intended to catch the eye.
they had festooned the house with razzle-dazzle all over.
They dazzled the decoration of the house.
Many times this word is also used to describe the exaggeration, flashiness, and superficiality.
we had a lecture that was more razzle-dazzle than substance.
This lesson is only rhetorical, no practical content.
7
tittle-tattle
Small talk, small talk
Synonymous with gossip, or "gossip." This is an old-fashioned colloquial term with a pejorative connotation that refers to conversations related to the lives of others.
this magazine is full of gossip and tittle-tattle about celebrity.
The magazine is full of celebrity gossip and gossip.
8
super duper
Excellent, very good
The colloquial expression everything, and anything being better than super, better than super, is extremely good.
It is also used to describe things as genuine.
i've got a super-duper iphone x!
The Apple X phone I just got is amazing!
9
Tip-top
Super superb, amazing
We can literally know that tip-tip is the tip on the tip of the finger, which means super first-class, excellent.
even though our house is in tip-top condition, we're having problems selling it.
Even if our house is great in every way, it is not so easy to sell it smoothly.
10
hoity-toity
Proud and conceited
The verb holi, from Old English, means to act frivolously and do things without regard to consequences. Later, people wrote it as hoity-toity in a rhyming way, describing a person as arrogant and frivolous, and mostly derogatory.
the hoity-toity girl walked by holding her prada bag with her nose in the air.
The arrogant girl carried her Prada bag, thinking she was not worth it.