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A：Does Tom drink a lot?
汤姆喝酒喝得很多吗?
B：Yes, he does. He of ten has had one to many. But I advised him not to drink too much, he just boasted that he had hollow legs and nobody had ever drunk him under the table.
是的，他经常和很多，但是当我建议他别喝多是，他总是吹牛，说他的酒量打得不得了，没人能把他灌倒。
A：That's a problem. He has sort of Dutch courage and that will egg him on in doing anything.
这可是个问题，他在酒后逞能，什么事情都会做出来的。
注释:
1.Dutch courage
该习语是因为英语与荷兰之间的恩恩怨怨，积重难反，有渊源极深，而荷兰被称为“海盗之国”，海盗是做事鲁莽的，所以就用这个词语来表示“酒后之勇”。
2.have a hollow leg：千杯不醉，喝酒海量
3.drink sb under the table：把某人灌醉
4.sort of：有几分，有那么点儿
5.egg sb on：怂恿某人, 煽动某人
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