墨菲定律Murphy's law：

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong。

凡事只要有可能出错，那就一定会出错。

越是觉得某个事情会发生，

最后一定会发生！

生活中有很多人被称为乌鸦嘴，

莫名其妙的一句话丧气话，

最后却与失败的结果一致！

那么，

你知道"乌鸦嘴"英语怎么说？

01. “乌鸦嘴”英文怎么说？“乌鸦嘴”，字面翻译是“crow’s beak”，

   比喻：嘴巴不吉利、说话不中听

（mouth from which inauspicious remarks are uttered）。

中国人认为乌鸦的叫声会带给人厄运（crow's cawing could bring people bad luck），

因此常用“乌鸦嘴”来形容一个人讲话晦气

好事说不灵，坏事一说就灵。

例句：你这张乌鸦嘴！

What improper remarks you’ve made!别乌鸦嘴！

Don't say such shitty things!别乌鸦嘴！

You jinxed it! 你个乌鸦嘴！

I don't want to jinx it!

我可不想做乌鸦嘴！

【解释】

jinx /dʒɪŋks/ n. 不详之人/物；

霉运；v. 使倒霉/不吉利

You can call something or someone ，

that is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck a jinx.

【例句1】

There must be a jinx on our team ， four of our best players were injured yesterday.

我们队一定有什么鬼(真倒霉)，

昨天我们最好的四名队员受伤了。

【例句2】

A: "That engine does not sound right.

I hope it doesn't blow up while you're driving."

B: "Come on, don't jinx it!"

A：发动机听起来不是很对劲。

希望你开车的时候它不会爆掉。

B：拜托，别乌鸦嘴了。

02. bode ill/well (for sb/sth) 为…的预兆

bode ill/well (for sb/sth)

（对某人/物）是坏/好的兆头

【解释】

If something bodes ill,

it makes you think that something,

bad will happen in the future.

If something bodes well,

it makes you think that something ,

good will happen.

【例句】

These figures do not bode well for the company’

sfuture.

这些数据对公司的未来发展来说,

不是什么好的兆头。