to do a Brodie跳楼(河)自杀；冒险

【使用地区】：美国

【释义】：

As a result of his famous leap off the Brooklyn Bridge，Steve Brodie’s name became a byword—in the form of to do(or pull)a Brodie—for“taking a great chance，even taking a suicidal leap．”Brodie made his jump from the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge on July 23，1886，to win a two—hundred—dollar barroom bet．

由于Steve Brodie(美国报童)在布鲁克林大桥著名的一跳，他的名字成了热门词语。to do(or pull)a Brodie意为“冒险”，甚至是“跳楼(河)自杀”。布劳狄于1886年7月23日在布鲁克林大桥靠近曼哈顿一端，为了赢得酒吧间下注的两百美元赌金而纵身跳入哈得孙河。