En fuego
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 前两天接触到这样一段台词:We were making out the other day. Things got a little en fuego. She drops the bomb. She’s not gonna have premarital sex until she’s married.
说话的人是个比较“没脑子”的角色,每每听到别人用稍微深奥一点的词就会一头雾水(不妨想象Friends里的Joey)。既然他都能那么顺畅地说en fuego,想必这个短语十分大众化。赶紧google了一下,发现原来en fuego的流行是拜ESPN的主持人Dan Patrick所赐。
In 1994, when calling the highlights for a game in which Marv Albert described Sam Cassell as being “on fire,” Dan Patrick said he was “el fuego”, […]