honest injun

常见例句

Tom—honest injun, now—is it fun, or earnest?
汤姆，你是开玩笑，还是说真格的？
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Another more recent phrase is “honest injun”—as schoolboys might say when swearing that they aren’t exaggerating about something.
最近常用的一个短语是“诚实的美国印第安人”-当小学生们发誓说他们并没有夸大其词地时候会这么说。
Finally, Hugh Rawson in his book Wicked Words feels the phrase used to be used derisively, meaning someone who was an honest injun wasn’t honest at all.
最后，克雷顿.劳森在其善变的词汇一书中表示，这个词以前是用来反讽的，意思是说一个说自己诚实的印第安人实际上一点也不诚实。