Brown sauce
BROWN SAWSS /braʊn sɔːs/
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What it really means
A tangy dark sauce (HP Sauce is the famous brand) eaten with cooked breakfasts and bacon sandwiches. Cafés will ask "red or brown sauce?" — red is ketchup, brown is this.
Chinese explanation
一种酸香的深色酱（名牌是 HP Sauce），配英式早餐和培根三明治吃。咖啡馆会问"red or brown sauce?"——red 是番茄酱，brown 就是它。
Example conversation
A: Red or brown sauce with your bacon roll?
B: Brown, please — when in Rome!
A：培根面包要配番茄酱还是棕酱？
B：棕酱吧——入乡随俗！
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