英语词汇hollywoodese的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hollywoodese
词源	Hollywoodese. A term referring to the hyped-up speech of movie people. “Hollywood talks and thinks in superlatives,” Leo Rosten wrote 60 years ago in The Movie Colony. “Movie people do not ‘like’ things; they are ‘mad’ about them. They do not dislike things; they ‘loathe’ or ‘detest’ them. . . . The reveal- ing story is told of two movie producers meeting on the street; ‘How’s your picture doing?’ asked the first. ‘Excellent.’ ‘Only ex- cellent? That’s too bad!’ ”
随便看	wheat germ wheel wheelbarrow fashion wheeler dealer when a dog bites a man when chickens have teeth when hemp is spun england-s done when in doubt win the trick when in rome do as the romans do when it hits the fan when my ship comes in when one door shuts another opens when the cat-s away the mice will play when the cocqcigrues come when the going gets tough the tough get going when the rubber hits the road when the shit hits the fan when the world grows honest when two people ride a horse one must ride behind when you call me that smile when you seek revenge dig two graves—one for your enemy one for yourself where have all the flowers gone where-s the beef where-s the fire where-s the rest of me

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