【趣味短語來源】給某人找麻煩

queer one's pitch

【英文解釋】put difficulties in one's way

【中文解釋】打亂，給某人找麻煩

【短語來源】As a verb,queer is old slang for spoil or ruin. Pitch was a costermonger's or entertainer's word for ( a place of) sale or performance, from the idea of pitching a tent. The whole expression would have been heard in market or fairfround disputes between stallholders.

spoil???? vt. 破壞, 寵壞
pitch????? n.? 投, 顛簸, 搭帳篷, 定調(diào), 推銷
costermonger???? n. 叫賣魚、水果等的小販
entertainer?????? n. 表演娛樂節(jié)目的人,? 演藝人員
fairground?????? n. 游樂場
stallholder?????? n. 攤販

queer作為動詞，是個俚語，表示破壞。而pitch是由短語pitch a tent（即搭帳篷的意思）演化而來的，它主要用于小販的買賣或演藝人員的表演中。queer one's pitch整個短語連起來意思就是打亂，給某人找麻煩，它在集市或游樂場的攤販間發(fā)生沖突時常聽到。就是攤販或表演者之間因搶生意發(fā)生爭執(zhí)時常用。

【有例有句】Don't queer my pitch anymore!