Language Café

你的Bucket list 是什么?


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Bucket list 人生清单 遗愿After Shawn watched the movie "Noah" he added climbing Mount Ararat to his bucket listAfter Daniel kept winning pub quizzes he added winning the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" to his bucket listMany people have travelling the world on their bucket list.Definition: list of things to do before you dieEtymology: derived from "kick the bucket " which is in turn dervied from when bigs were slaughtered by butchers. THey would be hung from a beam, that was balled a bucket. When the pig finally died, they would kick. The bucket list is a 2007 movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Even young people can use itxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxOut of one's league 不是我的菜John could not date Becka because she was out of his leagueChad used magic tricks to seduce girls and date out of his leagueThe wealthy, well educated, good looking girl never had any boyfriends because there was not a man in town in her leagueDefinition: doing something you are not prepared for. Most often used in terms of dating peopleEtymology: professional teams play in "leagues", which are groups of teams of similar experience or ability. Describing someone as "out of your league" is understood to mean that his or her abilities are higher than yours, the same way that David Beckham's ability at soccer/football would be higher than that of someone who played on an amateur neighborhood soccer/football team.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxGot punked 被玩弄 被耍了In the TV series, What would you do, an African American woman got punked when she was forced to deal with racism at the barber shopGerald got punked when he thought there was a ghost of a little girl in the elevator with himCandace got punked when she thought there was a giant spider chasing her, which only turned out to be a dog in a spider costumeDefinition: to get embarassed in front of your crew or significant other. Generally while someone is filmingEtymology: First used in American actor, Ashton Kutchers, TV series Punk'd, where in one episode he tricks singer Justin Timberlake into thinking his house is getting raided by government agents.
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