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Stiff

有志提高英文的小夥伴們

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Definition:

1. To skip out on a bill or not pay someone when you promised to.

2. To be overly boring or formal.

3. A corpse.

Origin:Meaning "fail to tip" is from 1939, originally among restaurant and hotel workers, probably from stiff (n.), perhaps in slang sense of "corpse" (because dead men don t tip), or from the "contemptible person" sense. Extended by 1950 to "cheat."

A

Usually, when it comes to the bill time, he d stand up and excuse himself for things like washing hands, having a cigarette and so on. That s his old tricks ofstiffing(his friends) on bills.

一般情況下，快結賬時，他就會起身去洗手和抽煙什麼的，這是他逃避買單的慣用伎倆。

B

Years ago, we hung out for a few times. I thought he was a bit of astiff. So we stopped.

很多年前我們一起玩過幾次，我覺得他有點無趣，就沒再約了。

C

Stop talking about this person who died years ago. He s astiff; no need to keep talking about your grudge with this person.

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