读新闻，学两句美语表达，“I'm all ears", "cheap date"

读新闻，民主党议员被问到是否会达成一个交易来帮助保住麦卡锡的议长职位，如果共和党里对他不满的极右派推动让他下台的投票，看到下面这段话：

 

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts perhaps summed it up perfectly when asked about a potential deal. “If people want to talk to me about it, I'm all ears. But I'm not a cheap date,” McGovern told The Messenger news website. “I'm not inclined to do anything to save Kevin McCarthy for nothing. I'm an expensive date.”

 

这个议员用到了两个英语成语/习语。

 

一是 I'm all ears, 这个经常听到，意思是 I'm ready and eager to listen.

 

二是 I'm not a cheap date, 查了下，cheap date 是有特别的意思的。

 

Cheap date

 

A person who has a low tolerance for alcohol and becomes intoxicated quickly after relatively few drinks.

 

The expression originates from the "traditional" dating scene where men pay the bill for the evening, including for the woman's drinks. The intent is that little money is needed for them to either have had their fill for the evening, or to be drunk enough that sex is likely to follow.

 

In modern times, the term is applied almost equally to men and women regardless of orientation.

 

"Frank sure is blitzed."

"He's only had two. Must be a cheap date."