The French believe they are the biggest moaners in the world, a poll has revealed --and they appear to be rather proud of it。

　　More than 72 percent of those surveyed believe they can out-complain any other nation, compared with 17 percent who thought the Italians held the honour. They regularly turning their anger on bank, shop and restaurant workers. The survey polled more than 1,000 French adults and was commissioned by the insurance company Maaf。

　　The principal reason they put forward for all their complaining was: "You have to grumble in life, otherwise you get trampled on." A staggering 25 percent of French people even said that they moaned as "a way of relaxing", with retired people generally seen as the most argumentative。

　　The survey suggests the French are continuing a tradition of protest dating back to the French Revolution, with thousands still regularly taking to the streets to make themselves heard. President Nicolas Sarkozy is viewed as a classically irritable French politician to let off frustration at his lack of inches by being rude to others。

　　哪个国家的人牢骚最多？调查显示，法国人最爱抱怨，并且他们以此为傲。

　　据英国《每日邮报》8日报道，由某保险公司授权发布的一项调查显示，72%的法国人认为自己比其他国家的人更爱抱怨，同时分别只有17%和3%的人把“牢骚者”之名放在意大利人和英国人头上。此项调查针对千名法国成年人展开。调查显示，抱怨者通常把气撒在银行、商店和餐厅服务员身上。

　　接受调查的法国人认为，要把对生活的不满发泄出来，才能活得舒心。25%的人把抱怨当成放松的一种方式。而退休老年人则被认为是最矫情、最难缠的一群。

　　报道称，爱抱怨是法国大革命留下的优良传统，即便在今天法国境内的游行次数依旧相当频繁。法国总统萨科齐就是发牢骚的典范。人们认为，萨科齐因为个子矮，必须经常表现得比较粗暴，以弥补自己的身高不足，从而赢得重视。