Pour complimenter une femme toute pimpante, bien habillée
pour une occasion spéciale, un homme peut se permettre de s'exclamer:
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Prenez les initiales, K.O., et vous comprendrez l'etymologie : la
femme est tellement belle qu'elle fait l'effet d'un coup de poing
pour qui la regarde. L'expression est familière mais gentille et
gratifiante (que demande le peuple?).
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le classique "She's a babe!" qui se dit à
propos d'une tierce personne puisque certaines femmes ont
horreur qu'on les appelle BaBe (=baby) |
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Babe est devenu plus connu en France avec le film racontant les aventures du petit cochon. Du reste, c'est à lui que fait allusion Stella, la femme de ménage de Nick Marshall dans Ce que veulent les Femmes :
NICK:
Don't you ever knock ?
STELLA:
It's almost ten !
You gotta go to work and I've gotta vacuum in here.
And don't forget…whoa, another one who wears vanilla perfume !
Don't you know any women who don't wanna smell like candy ?
NICK:
You couldn't toss me my lighter, could you,
babe ?
STELLA:
Babe ? What am I, a little pig ? Here.
I don't have time to make you no onion
bagels so please do not start to beg, okay ?
And just for the record...
…I don't like finding these things in your sofa.
What kind of woman wears underwear like this ?
NICK:
Hey…hey…my mother wore underwear like
that, all right? Just put them somewhere
will you, babe ?
STELLA:
Well, "Babe" is gonna put it in the trash
compactor where it belongs. So your mother
should excuse me.
Did you ever consider dating a woman who
wears real underwear ? You know, the kind
that covers the entire bottom the way
it's supposed to ?
NICK:
No.
But if I ever do, should I give you a call ?
Il lui donne une tape sur les fesses.
STELLA:
Ah! I'm gonna go clean the kitchen.
NICK:
Oh..oh..while you're out there...
…you couldn't toast me a little bagel, could you ?
Like cream cheese, tomatoes, capers if we have any.
NICK:
Please. Come on, you know I can't think on
an empty stomach.
STELLA:
Okay, all right. But only because you
didn't call me that little pig name.
NICK:
Okay. You got it, babe.
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