词语掌故：小钱
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Mitford Mathews
World War II
Henry S. A. Becket
校稿 forever秋懵
翻译 hyymaggie
组长 澈底
Almost every language in the world has a saying that a person can never be too rich. Americans, like people in other countries, always want more money. One way they express this is by protesting that their jobs do not pay enough. A common expression is, "I am working for chickenfeed." It means work…
世界上的每一种语言都有这么一句谚语：钱越多越好。 和其他国家的人一样，美国人总想得到更多的钱。他们表达这种态度的方式，就是抗议工资太少。通俗的表述是"我在为一点鸡饲料（chickenfeed）工作"，意思即是“才为那么小点小钱工作”。这种说法的形成可能是因为喂鸡的饲料让人联想到零钱。零钱就是不怎么值钱的金属硬币，…