Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
跌碎眼镜
English translation:
come as a big surprise, totally/all too unexpected, take...by surprise; be taken by surprise
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Huijun Suo
Oct 27, 2007 15:28
16 yrs ago
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Chinese term
跌碎眼镜
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
各政界人士、评论家等都跌碎眼镜
Thanks!
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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Nov 1, 2007 11:48: Huijun Suo Created KOG entry
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sth. comes as a big surprise
The event/result came as a big surprise to political figures and analysts. (... that they lost their glasses to the ground!)
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Note added at 17 mins (2007-10-27 15:46:13 GMT)
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It's a variation of 大跌眼镜 or 跌破眼镜.
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Note added at 4 days (2007-11-01 11:50:39 GMT) Post-grading
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http://baike.baidu.com/view/43024.html
[大跌眼镜] 指对出乎意料的结果或不可思议的事物感到非常惊讶.来自台湾用语。
举例:⑴“令警方大跌眼镜的是,十四岁男孩竟是贩毒头目。”(《杨子晚报》2001/8/8)
⑵“其实人家从小就开始打磨自己,别的不说,单论那书法,足以让诸多行家里手大跌眼镜。”(《文化娱乐》2002/2)
http://www.cameraunion.net/forum/showarchives.php?threadid=1...
主题:经过多年考证,终于知道“大跌眼镜”的来历了!
近年来,“大跌眼镜”非常流行。它的意思倒是很明确,都是用在非常惊奇的场合。可是为什么一惊奇,眼镜就会掉下来呢?
原来,最早的眼镜就是一个凹透镜,用时举到眼前,不太方便。由于这个时候人们还没有意识到上帝创造耳朵就是为了挂眼镜,仅仅想了一些权宜的方法,例如用一支小柄,眼镜举在眼前就比较方便了。但是老练的近视眼们很快就学会皱皱眉头、用眼皮夹着眼镜,这样,就可以腾出手来干别的事情,比如翻书什么的。舞会上,如果用眼皮夹着眼镜,观看漂亮MM的时候,突然发现一桩令人惊奇的事情,眼睛一瞪,眼镜就掉下来了!久而久之,“大跌眼镜”就成为看到惊奇的事情的代名词了!自从人们意识到耳朵与眼镜的关系,眼镜是跌不下来了,但是这个说法还是流传下来!
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Note added at 5 days (2007-11-02 08:36:00 GMT) Post-grading
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关于“跌眼镜”的来历,网上的解释有多种,以上只是其中之一。pkchan 在论坛上也贴出了进一步的考证,应该较以上说法更为可信:
http://www.proz.com/topic/67930?start=75&float=
只是要说明一点,词语在实践运用中以讹传讹、逐渐疏离其本源意义,这在语言发展过程中并不少见。只要大家用心,一定还能找到很多让我们“大跌眼镜”的例子。
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Note added at 17 mins (2007-10-27 15:46:13 GMT)
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It's a variation of 大跌眼镜 or 跌破眼镜.
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Note added at 4 days (2007-11-01 11:50:39 GMT) Post-grading
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http://baike.baidu.com/view/43024.html
[大跌眼镜] 指对出乎意料的结果或不可思议的事物感到非常惊讶.来自台湾用语。
举例:⑴“令警方大跌眼镜的是,十四岁男孩竟是贩毒头目。”(《杨子晚报》2001/8/8)
⑵“其实人家从小就开始打磨自己,别的不说,单论那书法,足以让诸多行家里手大跌眼镜。”(《文化娱乐》2002/2)
http://www.cameraunion.net/forum/showarchives.php?threadid=1...
主题:经过多年考证,终于知道“大跌眼镜”的来历了!
近年来,“大跌眼镜”非常流行。它的意思倒是很明确,都是用在非常惊奇的场合。可是为什么一惊奇,眼镜就会掉下来呢?
原来,最早的眼镜就是一个凹透镜,用时举到眼前,不太方便。由于这个时候人们还没有意识到上帝创造耳朵就是为了挂眼镜,仅仅想了一些权宜的方法,例如用一支小柄,眼镜举在眼前就比较方便了。但是老练的近视眼们很快就学会皱皱眉头、用眼皮夹着眼镜,这样,就可以腾出手来干别的事情,比如翻书什么的。舞会上,如果用眼皮夹着眼镜,观看漂亮MM的时候,突然发现一桩令人惊奇的事情,眼睛一瞪,眼镜就掉下来了!久而久之,“大跌眼镜”就成为看到惊奇的事情的代名词了!自从人们意识到耳朵与眼镜的关系,眼镜是跌不下来了,但是这个说法还是流传下来!
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Note added at 5 days (2007-11-02 08:36:00 GMT) Post-grading
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关于“跌眼镜”的来历,网上的解释有多种,以上只是其中之一。pkchan 在论坛上也贴出了进一步的考证,应该较以上说法更为可信:
http://www.proz.com/topic/67930?start=75&float=
只是要说明一点,词语在实践运用中以讹传讹、逐渐疏离其本源意义,这在语言发展过程中并不少见。只要大家用心,一定还能找到很多让我们“大跌眼镜”的例子。
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7 mins
beyond rational inference
It means a result not comprehended through general logics
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37 mins
unexpectedly surprising and shocking
That's what the author really want to say.
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Note added at 38 mins (2007-10-27 16:07:14 GMT)
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BTW, I changed my user name from "Martin Jones" to "Jason Ma".
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-27 17:28:52 GMT)
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Sometimes we might say "令...大跌眼镜"
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Note added at 38 mins (2007-10-27 16:07:14 GMT)
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BTW, I changed my user name from "Martin Jones" to "Jason Ma".
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-27 17:28:52 GMT)
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Sometimes we might say "令...大跌眼镜"
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taken by surprise
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misjudge
跌碎眼镜=跌眼镜,港式廣東話,意思是看錯了,看不準,英文有﹕misjudge, misread, misinterpret, miscalculate的意思。
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-10-27 17:39:31 GMT)
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有眼镜便會看得清楚,眼镜丟了,自然會是看不清,看不準。
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-10-27 21:27:53 GMT)
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有眼镜便會看得清楚,眼镜丟了,自然會是看不清,看不準。
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-10-27 21:27:53 GMT)
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completely out of the expectation of ...
unpredicted result
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