英文成语 go Dutch 的意思是“各自付自己的账,平摊费用”(pay one’sown expenses,share expenses)。这一意义已为人们普遍接受,并在口语中广泛使用。Dutch 原为“荷兰或荷兰人”之义,go Dutch 为何却有与之截然不同的含义呢?不少英语学习者对此百思不得其解,有的甚至妄加揣测,以为荷兰人过分精明,以致斤斤计较,不愿意分担朋友的费用,是小气之流。荷兰人当然并非吝啬之辈。那么 go Dutch 的含义究竟是如何产生的呢? The English idiom go Dutch means “pay one’s own expenses, share expenses.” This meaning has been generally accepted by people, and widely used in spoken language. Dutch was originally “Dutch or Dutch,” the go Dutch why it has a completely different meaning? Many English learners baffled, and some even make speculation that the Dutch Too shrewd, so preoccupied, do not want to share the cost of friends, is stingy. Of course, the Dutch are not stingy. So what is the meaning of go Dutch?