词汇掌故：蝇头小利
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Mitford Mathews
校稿 Season111
翻译 manhattan280
组长 莜珍
The same person who protests that he is working for chickenfeed may also say, "I am working for peanuts." She means she is working for a small amount of money. It is a very different meaning from the main one in the dictionary. That meaning is small nuts that grow on a plant. No one knows for sure …
那些抗议工资低而说自己为了鸡食（微不足道的数目）而工作的人也可能会说“我是在为了花生（微不足道的钱）工作。”她的意思是她的工作所得只有很少的钱。 这里花生所表达的意思与字典上的主要意思大相庭径。字典中花生解释为生长在庄稼里的小型坚果。 没人清楚为何一种食物的名字同样能描述很小的事物。其实，花生本身就是…