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26 Nov 2020
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What does Evenin', little lady. You reckon a square could get a dance?
Uh, it looks so complicated. Do you know how?
Ma'am, I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk.(smither)
what does it mean "honk, tonk"?? mean?
What does Evenin', little lady. You reckon a square could get a dance?
Uh, it looks so complicated. Do you know how?
Ma'am, I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk.(smither)
what does it mean "honk, tonk"?? mean?
Uh, it looks so complicated. Do you know how?
Ma'am, I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk.(smither)
what does it mean "honk, tonk"?? mean?
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26 Nov 2020
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- English (US)
This is a combination of two things:
don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk = don't brag about things you can't do; don't say you will do one thing and do something else
honky-tonk = a style of American country folk music
Smithers is saying "If I could not dance to country music, I would not ask you to dance with me".
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- English (US)
This is a combination of two things:
don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk = don't brag about things you can't do; don't say you will do one thing and do something else
honky-tonk = a style of American country folk music
Smithers is saying "If I could not dance to country music, I would not ask you to dance with me".
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These are very Western american phrases!
Translating the first one: "Hello, miss. Would you like to dance with me?" The phrase you have is coloquial speak out in the southwestern region of the US. The squaredance is a kind of country dance.
2: (this) looks difficult to do. Do you know how to do it?
3: A honky tonk is a country bar or type of country/ragtime music. The phrase you have here is "country speak" for "I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't know how" or maybe even "I wouldn't (X) if I couldn't (Y)..." In this example you have here, it would be "I wouldn't ask you to dance with me if I didn't know how to do it myself" Basically, you can say "I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk" to someone when they question something about you on which you are absolutely confident.
I hope this helps!
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워메~ 이건 문화가 모르면 진짜 알기 어려운 문자이예요. 재가 한국어가 좀 부족해도 simpsonlove시의 영어가 첫수준이라서 한국어로 설명 해보겠습니다.
"honk"는 영어로 자동차 빵빵~ 소리의 의성어입니다. 그래서, "I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk."를 번역하면, "내가 tonk를 못하면, 내가 빵빵을 안하지."란 의미입니다. tonk를 이해하고 싶다면 먼저 ""Talk the talk, and walk the walk"를 이해해야 합니다.
"Talk the talk, and walk the walk"란 한 영어 관영구가 있습니다. 한국어로 번역하면, "말을 말하면서 걸음을 걸어라." 그뜻은 "뭐를 한다고 말만 하지말고 직접 하라"란 뜻입니다.
이 아저씨가 "I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk."라고 할때, "talk the talk, and walk the walk"을 바꿔서 새로운 관여구를 만드는 것입니다. 그 새로운 관여구는 바로 "honk the honk, and tonk the tonk." 말하는것이 비슷하게 자동차로 빵빵하면 사람이 뭔가 하는것이 별로 없어서 아저씨가 "talk the talk"을 "honk the honk"로 바꿀수 있다는 말입니다. 그런데 문제는 "walk"하고 "talk"는 소리가 비슷한데, 관영구를 잘 만들려면 두번째 부분이 "honk"랑 소리가 비슷한 다너가 필요합니다. 그래서 아저씨는 아마 많이 생각하기 싫어서 여기서 그냥 "tonk"란 다너를 만들은것 입니다. "tonk"는 "honk"랑 비슷하고 "talk"의 첫 "t"글자가 있으니, 아저씨가 그냥 말한것입니다. 그래서 "tonk"는 가짜 다너 입니다.
그래서 "I wouldn't honk the honk if I couldn't tonk the tonk."를 이해하게 번역을 할라면...
"내가 (춤추는것을) 못하면, 내가 (너랑 같이 춤출수있는 물어보기를) 안하지."
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아ㅏ, 다른 대답들이 honky tonk가 음악 장르라는 것이 맞습니다. 그 장르를 깜빡했습니다. 그래서 재가 좀 틀렸는데 마지막에 준 문작의미는 아직도 맞습니다.
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