old man of the sea执拗的人

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

A tenacious person，like the character in the tale of Sinbad the Sailor in the Arabian Nights．In this tale the old man clung to Sinbad’s shoulders for many days and nights until Sinbad got him drunk and threw him off．

意为“拗执的人”，就像《一千零一夜》中的《航海家辛巴达的故事》里所讲的那个赖在辛巴达肩头上好多天的老头，直到辛巴达将他灌醉了才得以把他摆脱。