“王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸”是一句俗语。据说王婆确有其人,名叫王波,西域宋朝人氏。本来是个纯爷们,只因做起事来婆婆妈妈,说起话来絮絮叨叨——可能还带点娘娘腔吧,人送外号“王婆”。但我却觉得这极可能是一种误传。估计那个王波很会做生意,能说会道,嘴比瓜甜,哈密瓜(王波卖的是哈密瓜)卖得又多又快,将他的伙伴们都惊呆了,遂背后造谣惑众,说王波吹牛皮,说大话。但传者的普通话不标准,听者的耳朵有点背,王波被误会成王婆。久而久之,王婆就替王波背了黑锅,“王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸”家喻户晓,人人皆知。 “Wang Bo sell melon, since selling boast ” is a saying. Wang Po is said to have its own person, named Wang Bo, Western Song Dynasty’s. Originally a pure man, just do things to her mother, talkative lingering - may also be a little sissy it, people give nickname “Wang Po ”. But I think this is very likely to be a kind of misrepresentation. It is estimated that Wang Bo will do business, can speak, mouth sweet than melon, melon (Wang Bo selling melon) sell more and faster, his partners are shocked, then behind the rumors of the public, said Wang Bo blowing leather ,boast. However, the standard Mandarin speaker is not standard, the listener’s ear a little back, Wang Bo was misunderstood into Wang Po. With the passage of time, Wang Po for Wang Bo back a black pot, “Wang Bo sells melon, since sell boast ” Everybody knows, everybody knows.