西方十大常见迷信(7)

Editor's note: You are mistaken if you think that Westerners do not believe in superstitions. The superstitions might be different, but pretty much every country around the world has them. Our bloggers have compiled a list of some of the common superstitions followed in the West to help you get a better insight into their cultures and customs. Feel free to leave your comments if you know of more superstitions, with their origins.

要是你认为西方人不迷信，那你就大错特错了。不同国家迷信内容或许不同，但几乎所有国家都存在迷信。博主整理了一份西方共有迷信清单，以方便大家深入了解西方文化与风俗。如果你知道更多的迷信内容以及其起源，可在评论区畅所欲言!

7. Walking underneath a ladder is widely held to be bad luck. 从梯子下走不吉利

'Walking under a ladder' came about in England a few centuries ago when people drank more ale at lunch than ate food. Drunken sign painters were likely to dump a bucket of paint if you walked by or under their ladder and handymen would drop tools.

“从梯子下走不吉利”来源于英国几个世纪前发生的事。在晚餐喝了过多的麦芽酒而没吃多少食物之后，当有人路过梯子或是从梯子下走，喝醉了的画家们可能会将他们的油漆桶倒下去，杂务工要是喝醉了可能会将自己的工具丢下去。