Ever been told by a new neighbour ‘You must come for dinner’ then spent weeks waiting for a follow-up invitation that never arrives?

鏇剧粡閬囧埌杩囨柊閭诲眳瀵逛綘璇?ldquo;浣犲緱杩囨潵鍚冧釜鏅氶キ”锛屽彲鍑犱釜绀兼嫓鍚庨個璇疯繜杩熶笉鏉ワ紵

Or been thrilledwhen the boss said he’d bear your ‘very interesting’ idea in mind and been surprised when it was never mentioned again.

鎴栬€呮槸婵€鍔ㄥ湴鍚埌涓婂徃璇翠粬浼氳浣忎綘“闈炲父鏈夎叮”鐨勬兂娉曪紝鍗存儕璁朵粬鍐嶄篃娌℃彁杩囪繖浠朵簨锛?/span>

Then you’ve been victim of the uniquely British trait of being too primand polite to say what we really mean. And if it can be baffling for us, imagine what it must be like for foreigners who take our every word at face value.

閭ｄ綘灏辨槸鎷ユ湁鐙壒鐗瑰緛鐨勮嫳寮忚嫳璇殑鍙楀鑰呬簡锛岃嫳寮忚嫳璇浜庤〃杈剧湡瀹炴墍鎯虫潵璇村お杩囨嫎璋ㄣ€佺ぜ璨屼簡銆傚叾瀹炲浜庤嫳鍥戒汉鏉ヨ锛屾兂鎯冲鍥戒汉鍙兘浼氭妸浠栦滑鐨勬瘡鍙ヨ瘽淇′互涓虹湡锛屼篃鎸轰护浜哄洶鎵扮殑銆?/span>

Now there’s help in the form of a translation table which has become a huge hit on the internet.

鐜板湪杩欓噷鏈変竴寮犲湪缃戜笂寮曡捣鐑鐨勭炕璇戣〃锛岃兘瀵逛綘鏈夋墍甯姪銆?/span>

It reveals that when a British person begins a sentence ‘With the greatest respect...’, they’re really saying ‘I think you are an idiot.’

琛ㄦ牸鎻湶浜嗗綋涓€涓嫳鍥戒汉鐢?ldquo;鎬€鐫€鏈€楂樼殑鏁剰”涓轰竴鍙ュ彞瀛愬紑澶达紝浠栦滑瀹為檯鎯宠鐨勬槸“鎴戣涓轰綘鏄竴涓櫧鐥?rdquo;銆?/span>

‘I hear what you say’ means ‘I disagree and do not want to discuss it further’ while ‘That is a very brave proposal’ translates as ‘You are insane’.

“鎴戝惉鍒颁綘璇翠粈涔堜簡”浠ｈ〃“鎴戜笉鍚屾剰涔熶笉鎯崇户缁璁轰笅鍘讳簡”锛?ldquo;杩欐槸涓€涓媷鏁㈢殑鎻愯”浠ｈ〃“浣犵柉浜?rdquo;銆?/span>

The table, which has been posted on numerous internet blogs, has received thousands of comments acknowledging that it’s spot on–from foreigners and Britons alike.

杩欏紶琛ㄦ牸琚斁鍒拌澶氬崥瀹腑鍚庯紝鏀跺埌璁稿澶栧浗浜哄拰鑻卞浗浜烘湰韬殑璧炲悓锛屾壙璁よ繖鏋佸叾姝ｇ‘銆?/span>