英美俚俗语【147】talk through one’s hat 胡说八道；吹牛

talk through one’s hat

[俚]胡说八道；吹牛

Don’t talk through your hat. You can’t do what you said at all.

不要吹牛了。你根本做不到你所说的。

What did you mean, there would be no money? You are talking through your hat! We all know you had got a large sum of money from your wife yesterday.

你说没钱是什么意思？你胡说！我们都知道你昨天刚从你妻子那儿得到一大笔钱。

注解：

talk意指讲话，through意指通过，hat意指帽子；to talk through one’s hat源自1988年纽约一家报纸登载的一幅漫画，该漫画讽刺当时正在竞选总统的本杰明•哈里森。哈里森经常戴一顶很高的帽子，所以漫画家将其帽子夸张了一下，连他的脸都给罩住了。漫画下的注解说，哈里森发表竞选演说时是透过他的帽子向公众讲话的。讽喻他在那胡说八道，从而该俚语指胡乱叫嚣。