像这样的小店英语里就叫做 GREasy spoon。Greasy是油腻的意思,spoon是指调羹,也就是汤勺。可能寓意是这样开店的人家家里的勺子总是油腻的?
下面我们来举两个例子,这是一个丈夫在对他的妻子讲话:
Honey, let me take you out to dinner. But you know I don’t feel like dressing up to go someplace fancy. How about just going down the street to the GREasy spoon and getting hamburgers. 亲爱的,让我带你去外面吃晚饭吧。不过,我实在不想穿得必恭必敬的去那些大饭馆。咱们就上街那头那个小饭馆去吃汉堡包,怎么样?
这是一个人在和朋友说话:
Mike, you ought to try the potstickers at that little Chinese joint on New York Avenue. It looks like a GREasy spoon but the potstickers are great and cheap. 迈克,你得上纽约大街那个中国小饭馆去尝尝他们的锅贴。那饭馆看起来不像样,可是他们的锅贴味道真好,价钱又便宜。