Old (эмоционально-усилительное)

Дата публикации: Jul 01, 2017 9:56:59 AM

"...I could see him sitting at a big old table full of food, just stuffing his big old fat face, and then he starts to choke on a big old piece of meat, and he starts gagging and spewing food, and his eyes start to bulge out, and they're watering, and his veins are popping out …"

old несет оценочно-эмоционально-усилительную функцию (усилительность через большой размер):

положительные коннотации:

good old John — дружище Джон

old girl — голубушка, милая

old man /chap/ — старина, дружище

to have a fine /a good, a high, a rare/ old time — хорошенько повеселиться

to kick up a jolly old row — устроить хорошенький скандальчик

any old thing will do — всё (любая хр*нь) подойдёт

see Old sport

отрицательные коннотации:

I could see him sitting at a big old table full of food, = столище

just stuffing his big old fat face, = хавальник, ртище

and then he starts to choke on a big old piece of meat = кусище, кусманище

В русском через суффикс -ще

Arctic Monkeys Old yellow bricks

Old yellow bricks

Love's a risk

Quite the little 'escapologist'

Looked so miffed

When you wished

For a thousand places better than this

You are the fugitive

But you don't know what you're runnin' from

You can't kid us

And you couldn't trick anyone

Houdini, love you don't know what you're runnin' away from

Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?

Blinded by nostalgia

Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?

She wasn't raged but the way

That the emperor put traps in the cage

And the days she been dull

Lead to nights readin' beer bottles

You're such a fugitive

But you don't know what you're runnin' from

You can't kid us

And you couldn't trick anyone

Houdini, love you don't know what you're runnin' away from

Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?

Blinded by nostalgia

Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?

You're at a loss

Just because

It wasn't all that you thought it was

You are a fugitive, but you don't know what you're runnin' away from

She said, "I want to sleep in the city that never wakes up

And revel in nostalgia."

I know I said he wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up, but

Dorothy was right though

yellow brick road

A path believed to lead to success or adventure. A reference to the path of the same name in the fictional land of Oz, popularized by the film The Wizard of Oz, based on the works of L. Frank Baum.

Jenna took the internship thinking that it would be the yellow brick road to her dream job.