2016年5月10日 星期二

you go girl, as happy as a sandboy









Daily Mail
You go girl!


80-year-old grandma gets a contouring makeover and looks incredible
Given a makeover by her granddaughter.
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T. H. Huxley: Letters and Diary 1874 - Clark University

aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/letters/74.html
I am as jolly as a sandboy so long as I live on a minimum and drink no alcohol, and as vigorous as ever I was in my life. But a late dinner wakes up my demoniac ...

After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel

https://books.google.com.tw/books?isbn=1461741351
Aldous Huxley - 1993 - ‎Fiction
A Novel Aldous Huxley. between ... “With a course of thiamine chloride and some testosterone 1935, I could have made him as happy as a sand— boy. Has it ever ...


sandboy 

Pronunciation: /ˈsan(d)bɔɪ/ 


NOUN

(in phrase(as)happy as a sandboy)
Extremely happy or carefree.
Example sentences
  • When he came back to Europe he married a Dutch girl and is now back in the Pacific as happy as a sand boy.

Origin

Probably originally denoting a boy hawking sand for sale. 一些酒吧相關的傳說:

What is a sandboy and why are they happy? | Notes and Queries 


SEMANTIC ENIGMAS

What is a sandboy and why are they happy?

Megan Barford, Hebden Bridge, UK
  • Publicans used to spread sand on bar floors to catch slops, spills, spit and so on. The sand was delivered by sandboys. Hauling sand was thirsty work, and they were part paid in drink. This kept them merry. And, anyway, happy was the man who got free booze.

5種解釋

Urban Dictionary: you go girl

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=you%20go%20girl

You Go Girl celebrates a person and anything special to them. It can be used to celebrate a recent accomplishment, or, to encourage someone in an upcoming ...

3
go ahead and do it; feminine use only
You go girl!

5
Network Television adaptation of gay/inner city jargon. While originally meant to be a "hip" way of telling a female friend that she has done the right thing, it has devolved into a moronic cliche used by idiots to sound hip, or by lampooners to underscore just how little respect the networks have for their viewers.
When she told her friends that she had just scored some food stamps the entire group shouted "You go girl!" and "So lets go buy some crack!"

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