busman's holiday
名词 n.
英 /ˌbʌsmənz ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/|/-di/
美 /ˌbʌsmənz ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A holiday or vacation during which one does something similar to what one does as work.
— I shall indeed take a holiday soon, probably on the Continent; but it will be a "Busman's Holiday." The bus-driver spends his "day off" in driving on a pal's bus, on the box-seat by his pal's side; and I know that night after night, all through my holiday, I shall be in and out of this hall and that theatre, never happy except when I am watching some theatrical piece or Variety entertainment.
词源
From busman + -’s + holiday, from the idea that a bus driver, to go off on a holiday, would take an excursion by bus or go on a long drive and thereby engage in a similar activity to his work.
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