地道英语口语:老外怎么说“放鸽子”?

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　　Kat: Yanglin, what's wrong with you? why are you so mad?
        　　YL: 我今天太倒霉了!我被人放鸽子了!
        　　Kat: 鸽子?I'm sorry. Am I missing something? Because there are no pigeons
here...
        　　YL: Well...放鸽子的意思嘛……就是你跟别人约好，结果对方却没来!美语里这个该怎么说呢?
        　　Kat: Oh! You had arranged to meet somebody, and then that person was a
no-show!
        　　YL: A no-show?哦，我明白了。No-show就是“没来，爽约”。
        　　Kat: Yes! But Yanglin, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend?
        　　YL: 嗯……怎么说呢。我约好去见一个从来没见过面的男生，是别人介绍的，就算是……相亲吧!
        　　Kat: Oh, I got it!! You had a blind date!
        　　YL: A blind date? 就是相亲吗?
        　　Kat: Exactly. So when you arranged to meet someone that you've never met
before, and go out on a date, that's what we call a blind date. The only problem
is these blind dates don't usually turn out very well, do they?
        　　YL: 就是! I waited for this guy for a whole hour!
就像这个男生，直接放我鸽子，害我白等，真不像话!
        　　Kat: In this case, you say "I got stood up"! 我被人放了鸽子。
        　　YL: stood up?站着?我可没站着傻等啊!
        　　Kat: 不是不是不是。If you "stand somebody up", it means you don't turn up for your
arranged event.
        　　YL: 哦!我明白了!不去约会，放别人鸽子，叫 stand someone up。而我是被放鸽子，所以你说我--got stood up!
        　　Kat: Exactly!太聪明啦!Alright, let's go over what we've learned today!
        　　YL: 第一，“爽约，没来”，可以说no-show;
        　　第二，放别人鸽子，可以说stand someone up;
        　　第三，“相亲”可以说blind date!