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N-UNCOUNT Rhyming slang is a spoken, informal kind of language used in Britain and Australia in which you do not use the normal word for something, but say a word or phrase that rhymes with it instead. In Cockney rhyming slang, for example, people say "apples and pears" to mean "stairs." 同韵俚语
Neil: I asked you: What's Cockney Rhyming Slang for money?
我问你: 老伦敦押韵俚语中用什么表示钱?
My parents were both Londoners and we used rhyming slang around the house.
我父母都是伦敦人,所以我们总在家里说这种押韵俚语。
"It makes me smile whenever I hear people using rhyming slang and I try to keep it in use myself," says Ian Groves, 53.
“每当我听见人们用押韵俚语的时候,我都十分开心。我自己也尝试着继续使用这些谚语,”现年53岁的伊恩·格罗夫斯说道。
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