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累成狗

Nowadays in China， a lot of sayings are used to express how tired or bored we feel， but the most popular slang expression is this one："tired as a dog".

This word works more or less③more or less 1.有點(diǎn)兒，或多或少，有幾分 2 大約，幾乎，……左右，差不多l(xiāng)ike an adjective④adjective英 ［'?d??kt?v］ 美 ［'?d??kt?v］ adj. 形容詞的；從屬的n. 形容詞， and means "like a dog" （ajective+as a dog）. So you can add anything you want in front， like "hungry as a dog"， "hot as a dog"，"poor as a dog"， anything you want. This slang expression works just like "l'm absolutely boiling". Both "like a dog" and "absolutely" are used here after the adjective to add emphasis.

You might be wondering why a dog？ I didn't find the answer as to how this all started， but just picture a tired little puppy face with its little tongue hanging out of its mouth， lying on the ground. I think it perfectly sums up our feeling. For example you can say："Yesterday's homework was super hard， I was tired as a dog！"

如今在中國(guó)，人們用來表達(dá)自己感覺有多疲倦或成多煩悶的說法有很多，但其中最常用的一句俗語是“累成狗”這個(gè)詞。

這個(gè)詞或多或少像一個(gè)形容詞，意思是“……得像狗一樣”（形容詞+成狗）。所以你可以在前面加上任意一個(gè)你想加的詞.比如“餓成狗”“熱成狗”“窮成狗”，加什么都行。這個(gè)俗語就跟“我非常熱”一樣，“成狗”和“非?！痹谶@里都是用于形容詞后以加重強(qiáng)調(diào)。

你也許會(huì)覺得奇怪，為什么用狗來形容呢？我也沒找到關(guān)于其來源的答案，不過.你可以想象一只滿臉疲憊的小狗趴在地上、小舌頭從嘴里耷拉出來的模樣。我認(rèn)為這個(gè)詞精確地概括了我們的感受。比如你可以說：“昨天的作業(yè)超難.我都累成狗了！”

Tired As a Dog