@sweetsssj hahahha This one is so true I couldn't help but laugh
Be a Man! Do the right thing! Get Jealous, eat vinegar!
Is that some cultural thing - taking vinegar when jealous? it's funny anyway :)
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@sweetsssj hahahha This one is so true I couldn't help but laugh
Be a Man! Do the right thing! Get Jealous, eat vinegar!
Is that some cultural thing - taking vinegar when jealous? it's funny anyway :)
Glad you got a giggle out of it!
You're right, eating vinegar is actually the literally translation of feeling jealous.
The phrase comes from a historical story about a Prime minister who was granted a visit from a concubine under the Emperor's wishes. The prime minister's wife was not accepting of this and said she would rather drink poison than see her husband with another woman.
So, the emperor gave her a vial of "poison" which was in-fact filled with vinegar because he was moved by her courage and love. She drank it and survived.
Since then, "吃醋" - eating vinegar is used when referring to someone who is jealous (mostly of their lover).
@sweetsssj I see, thank you for telling that interesting and funny story :)
An english saying, that is similar, is "He is full of vim and vinegar"
Vim - vitality, fervor.
vinegar - kinda pissed off. acidic. getting hot under the collar.