實(shí)用英語(yǔ)：“他一定瘋了”原來(lái)這么表達(dá)

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potty啥意思

　　家里有小朋友的朋友們可能聽說(shuō)過(guò) potty 這個(gè)詞,。不過(guò)它的意思在這里是不一樣的，什么事情能讓Neil 不停的說(shuō)potty? 快來(lái)聽聽吧,。

　　Helen：Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English. I'm Helen and joining me today is Neil.
　　Neil：Hello everyone.

　　Helen：Neil, tell me your first ever job?
　　Neil：I worked in a local supermarket stacking shelves when I was sixteen.

　　Helen：How was it?
　　Neil：It’s quite boring, just moving things from one place to another. But I was very happy when I got my first pay check.

　　Helen：And how long did you stay in your first job?
　　Neil：No very long, about three months during the summer holiday. If I stayed there any longer, I would have gone potty.

　　Helen：What, potty? Did you have to get permission to use the toilet?
　　Neil：Oh no, nothing like that. Nobody needed permission to go to the toilet.

　　Helen：Well, you said you would have gone potty. My baby son has to be reminded about his potty every day.
　　Neil：Helen! I used the word ‘potty’ to mean that I would be ‘going crazy’ if I had to work in the supermarket forever. It’s not baby poo, wee-wee potty.

　　Helen：Oh, I’m sorry. 我是習(xí)慣反映,，一聽到 potty 就想到小朋友們用的小尿盆,。但你說(shuō)的不是這個(gè)意思。
　　Neil：No, they are two very different things. If someone is potty or is going potty, that means they are crazy or going crazy.
　　Helen：Neil 說(shuō)的 potty 或者 go potty 意思是瘋癲的,，發(fā)瘋了,。 讓我們來(lái)聽?zhēng)讉�(gè)例句吧。
　　Examples
　　My boss wants me to work on New Year’s day for no extra money, he must be potty.
　　我老板讓我元旦加班,，還不付加班費(fèi),，他瘋了嗎？
　　She’s potty to sale off her car so cheaply.
　　她肯定瘋了才會(huì)這么便宜的把車給賣了,。

　　Neil：There is another mean to ‘potty’. If someone is really keen on something we can use the phrase ‘to be potty about something’. For example, my brother potty about comic books, he spent all his savings collecting them.
　　Helen：Neil 說(shuō)potty 還有另一個(gè)意思是“對(duì)什么東西著迷‘,。比如他的弟弟對(duì)漫畫特別著迷，他把所有的存款都花在收集漫畫上了,。
　　Neil：Well, I am glad we cleared up the meaning on that. It won’t do us any good if people heard us arguing over potties.
　　Helen：Oh no. They’d think we’ve gone potty.
　　Both：Bye.(BBC英語(yǔ))