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"Donkey’s breakfast" nghĩa là gì?
07 Aug, 2019
Đồng xanh bất tận. Photo by Alex Blăjan
"Donkey’s breakfast" = Bữa sáng của con lừa -> Cái gì đó được làm bằng rơm hoặc cỏ khô.
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After contracting malaria (bệnh sốt rét) in west Africa, he joined his first British ship in 1944 – a shock to the system. ‘There were no sheets or pillowcases, just blankets. A donkey’s breakfast to lie on. Know what that is? Straw mattress. But they gave us an extra blanket to go up to Russia.’
“Aunty Lil kept a boarding house for visiting seamen. When I was little and I visited her, I was never allowed to see the men in the house. She used to give them a ‘donkey’s breakfast’, which was a bunk (giường ngủ) of straw [to take with them for sleeping when they set sail]. There were a tremendous amount of nationalities around the docks at the time.”
‘Capt. says to me, “Well boy what wages do you expect?”. “Six dollars and a half-month's advance [said I]”. Capt smiled and said to the Owner: “He talks salt, don't he”. “Oh yes”, says the owner with a smile, “Come and sign your name, Boy, for the Captain will fix you up when he gets you on board. Here take this $3 bill and get home quick. Fetch your Donkey [seaman's bag] and Donkey's Breakfast [mattress] down and get to work”.'
Bin Kuan
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