每日学口语(10月29日)BEING FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE WASN'T MUCH FUN! WASN, FUN, AND, 口语, BEING

寄托天下

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表弟失恋了……再一次的证明，他的恋期超不过108天又四十七分钟……我只能安慰他：“你自由了，自由之鸟又飞回来了！” http://image.17173.com/bbs/upload/2006/02/04/1139055132.gif

自由，是人人都想要的。可是，单身意义上的自由呢？就不好说了。俚语“to be footloose and fancy-free”就是指“单身、自由，没有生活的羁绊”。

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16世纪，“fancy”是“love (爱情)”的意思，那么，“fancy-free”当然就是“没有谈恋爱”。17世纪，“footloose”用来形容“自由、没有羁绊”的样子。这个词很形象，“foot+loose（脚松绑）”了，当然就可以随心所欲得到出走动了。到了19世纪，footloose和fancy-free自然而然走到了一起，表示“你完全自由了，不受地域、工作或家事的羁绊”。

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看下面的例句：

When I was in my twenties, footloose and fancy-free, I would travel anywhere.

(我二十几岁的时候，真是自由啊！可以想去哪里就去哪里。)

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constantine

When a man is bond to marriage, he begins thinking of the footloose life that he had.

Eillitrena

footloose, fancy-free
I would travel anywhere because I'm footloose and fancy-free.

寄托天下

I HAVE THE DIFFERING OPINION ON  THIS POINT,LOL.MAYBE U WOULD FEEL LONELY WHEN U ALONE.SO,PERHAPS GOT THE FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE LIFE IS STILL YOUR ADOLESCENCE'S DREAM,AGREE?