塗口紅的 豬 與 狗



政治 politics 包裝得幾好，都會有說漏嘴的時候！一派包裝成謙謙君子的 奧巴馬先生，還是一樣愛罵人做『豬』。


《CNN》John McCain’s campaign said Tuesday Barack Obama’s reference to "lipstick on a pig" to describe the Republican’s vow to bring change to Washington was offensive language, and a slap at VP nominee Sarah Palin – despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton’s.

Obama made the remarks at a Virginia campaign stop late Tuesday afternoon. "John McCain says he’s about change too, and so I guess his whole angle is, 'Watch out George Bush – except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics – we’re really gonna shake things up in Washington,'" Obama said.

"That’s not change. That’s just calling something the same thing something different. You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it’s still going to stink after eight years. We’ve had enough of the same old thing."

Within minutes, the McCain campaign announced a conference call focused on the remark, which they said was a deliberate reference to Sarah Palin’s line: "You know the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick."



【明報專訊】美國民主黨總統候選人 奧巴馬說：「在豬的嘴塗上口紅，牠還是豬」，他被指是影射共和黨副總統候選人 佩林。

當時 奧巴馬表示，麥凱恩稱可以改變政壇，他其實與 布殊總統一樣，他說：「在豬的嘴塗上口紅，牠還是豬」。

共和黨總統候選人麥凱恩陣營指摘，奧巴馬的發言是惡意將 佩林比喻為豬，是人身攻擊。

由於 佩林曾在共和黨代表大會上表示，「你知道曲棍球媽媽(意指服待周到)和闘牛犬的分別嗎？只是塗不塗口紅的分別。」她稱自已為闘牛犬，絕不好惹，隨時攻擊。

麥凱恩陣營對 奧巴馬的發言，隨即作出反擊，指發言無禮及人身攻擊，要求 奧巴馬道歉。


奧巴馬說：『塗口紅的豬！』罵人也！
佩林自認：『塗口紅的闘牛犬！』Tough 也！

為何『豬』那麼受到古今中外鐘愛呢？無論咒罵人讚美人，『豬』都可以成為主角！又為甚麼『豬』和『狗』時時都連埋一起呢？

【猪狗不如】比喻下等。
【猪朋狗友】比喻損友。
【猪八戒照镜子】 (歇後語)：裡外不是人。
【猪八戒坐飛機】 (歇後語)：醜上了天。
【猪八戒戴花】 (歇後語)：醜人多百怪。
【猪吃人参】 (歇後語)：全不知滋味。
【豬頭炳】罵人語，不過點解又關 阿炳事？
【豬圓肉潤】讚美人圓潤。
【豬籠入水】財源廣進。

和『豬』有關的多數都是『貶辭』，甚少用來讚美別人！

英文呢？ 都相差無幾，Pig 同樣是個『貶辭』 putting down people and derogatory！

"eat like a pig" ～ to eat a lot, or to eat noisily and unpleasantly.
"a guinea pig " ～ if someone is used as a guinea pig, new ideas or products are tested on them.
"in a pig's eye" ～ something that you say which means you think there is no chance that something is true or that something will happen.
"make a pig of yourself" ～ eat too much.
"a pig in a poke " ～ something that you buy or accept without first seeing it or knowing what it is like, with the result that it might not be what you want.
"pig's arse!" ～ something that you say when you do not believe what someone has just told you.
"squeal like a stuck pig" ～ to make a long, high sound, usually because you are hurt.

and last but not least
"lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig" ～ no change, no improvement.