<p>I just searched this paragraph online, and read it's context.
I think the firs "杀牛的" is just a joke to answer the man's animal zodiac, the second one means the man is really really disappointed at the woman, like she killed him...</p>

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2020-06-04T17:33:20.743Z
This should be the right answer.
sfy
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2020-06-08T04:21:27.527Z
I am not sure...
zyy
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vacing
<p>In the story I'm reading for class, a man meets a woman online and she asks him what sign he's born under (属什么). He says 牛, and she says "我是杀牛的." He recounts, "就这么两句话一下子就把我打动了." So they arrange to meet in the park and it turns out she's old and gray instead of young and pretty like he expected, and he thinks "直到这个时候我才什么都明白，眼前的这个女人为什么是“杀牛的”了."</p>

<p>What on earth is going on? “杀牛” has to have some idiomatic or slang meaning, right?</p>

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2020-06-08T04:21:43.077Z
Do you maybe have more context?
zyy
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What does “杀牛” mean in this context?
# What does “杀牛” mean in this context?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-07)

In the story I'm reading for class, a man meets a woman online and she asks him what sign he's born under (属什么). He says 牛, and she says "我是杀牛的." He recounts, "就这么两句话一下子就把我打动了." So they arrange to meet in the park and it turns out she's old and gray instead of young and pretty like he expected, and he thinks "直到这个时候我才什么都明白，眼前的这个女人为什么是“杀牛的”了."

What on earth is going on? “杀牛” has to have some idiomatic or slang meaning, right?

**Tags:** idioms, slang
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you maybe have more context?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-03. Score: 0

I just searched this paragraph online, and read it's context.
I think the firs "杀牛的" is just a joke to answer the man's animal zodiac, the second one means the man is really really disappointed at the woman, like she killed him...

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: This should be the right answer.  
> **username_1**: I am not sure...  

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