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西方十大常见迷信

2014-05-26来源:中国日报
7. Walking underneath a ladder is widely held to be bad luck. 从梯子下走不吉利
 

'Walking under a ladder' came about in England a few centuries ago when people drank more ale at lunch than ate food. Drunken sign painters were likely to dump a bucket of paint if you walked by or under their ladder and handymen would drop tools.

“从梯子下走不吉利”来源于英国几个世纪前发生的事。在晚餐喝了过多的麦芽酒而没吃多少食物之后,当有人路过梯子或是从梯子下走,喝醉了的画家们可能会将他们的油漆桶倒下去,杂务工要是喝醉了可能会将自己的工具丢下去。