jonah
jonah — 名詞
1. someone whose presence is thought to cause trouble or failure for the people aro
掃把星
被認為會替身邊的人帶來厄運的人
someone whose presence is thought to cause trouble or failure for the people around them.
The other sailors called Hamza a jonah after three boats sank on his watch.
在 Hamza 當班時接連沉了三艘船後，其他水手都叫他掃把星。
called someone a jonah for repeated misfortune
Apinya joked that she was the team jonah, since they lost every match she watched.
Apinya 開玩笑說自己是隊上的掃把星，因為只要她看的比賽球隊就輸。
team jonah: one blamed for the group's bad luck
Nobody wanted to share a tent with the so-called jonah of the climbing club.
沒有人想跟登山社那個所謂的掃把星同帳篷。
After the third breakdown, the drivers began to treat the new van as a jonah.
在第三次拋錨後，司機們開始把那台新廂型車當成掃把星。
- lucky charm
a person or thing believed to bring good fortune instead
用法筆記
Chiefly British and old-fashioned, drawn from the biblical sailor blamed for a storm. The label is superstitious rather than literal, so it is usually spoken half in jest.