Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
sizing up the produce
Chinese translation:
打量别的女人
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Sep 26, 2007 00:01
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sizing up the produce
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Spouse relationships
If the oldest question in history is "What's for dinner?" the second oldest is "Were you looking at her?" The answer: Yes -- yes, we were. If you're sure your man doesn't look, it only means he possesses acute peripheral vision.
"When a woman walks by, even if I'm with my girlfriend, my vision picks it up," says Doug LaFlamme, 28, of Laguna Hills, California. "I fight the urge to look, but I just have to. I'm really in trouble if the woman walking by has a low-cut top on."
Granted, we men are well aware that our {sizing up the produce} doesn't sit well with you, given that we've already gone through the checkout line together. But our passing glances pose no threat.
"When a woman walks by, even if I'm with my girlfriend, my vision picks it up," says Doug LaFlamme, 28, of Laguna Hills, California. "I fight the urge to look, but I just have to. I'm really in trouble if the woman walking by has a low-cut top on."
Granted, we men are well aware that our {sizing up the produce} doesn't sit well with you, given that we've already gone through the checkout line together. But our passing glances pose no threat.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | 打量别的女人 |
xiaolonghu (X)
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| 5 +3 | 打量货品 |
xiaoyanchen
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打量别的女人
既然已经走过了婚姻的殿堂，作为男人的我们非常清楚『打量别的女人』会令你不悦，但我们余光的一瞥并无恶意。
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打量货品
此处显然用的是一个超市购物的metaphor。"Produce"是超市的新鲜蔬果总称，"checkout line"是指排队付款。"Sit well with someone"是一个词语，意思是感觉还行，喜欢，但常常用在否定句。你可以Google这个词语，就可知道它的用法。根据所给的上下文，那位男士是说，结婚后的男人要看一下漂亮美眉是人之常情，但既然俩人已经结婚/关系确定(given that we've already gone through the checkout line together)， 打量一下货品（sizing up the produce）（翻译可以再修改, 此处仅说明词义)也未尝不可，并不会造成对婚姻/关系的什么威胁(passing glances pose no threat)。所以此处是从男人的角度来看待这个第二古老问题："你是不是在看她？"（这个问题往往是关系破裂的起始）。在未有详细上下文的情况下，我觉得这应该大意没错。
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| 多谢xiaoyan！ |
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