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发信人: yangs (Microsea永不止息), 信区: English
标 题: Slang of the day
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Tue Sep 17 14:23:03 2002) , 转信
bean counter
Definition: An accountant; someone who monitors the flow of money very careful
ly.
Example: 1) We wanted to buy some new furniture for the office but the bean co
unters wouldn't let us.
Etymology: This phrase comes from a comedy routine that was popular in New Yor
k in the 1880s. In the routine, a man would order some pork and beans and then
would yell "And don't stop to count the beans!" The idea is that it is not ne
cessary to count each and every bean, and that anyone who does is a little bit
crazy -- and cheap.
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