分類: 中文成語英譯

英譯：
good wine needs no bush

例句：
If it be true that good wine needs no bush, it’s true that a good play needs no epilogue. (好酒無須掛招牌，好戲不必收場白)

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英譯：
two’s company, three’s a crowd

註：這成語常略作 two’s company，大多用在情侶關係上，兩人世界多甜 蜜，當有第三者或電燈泡 (a third wheel) 出現時，誰還會高興呢!

例句：
If your girlfriend’s coming with us, I’ll think of some excuse to come home early. Two’s company, three’s a crowd. (如果你女友要跟我們一起去，我就找個藉口早點回家。兩人成伴，三人不歡)

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英譯：
put new wine in/into old bottles

這成語比喻雖力求革新，但仍無法掙脫桎梏，只能拘泥在舊有的模式或制度裡表現新意。

例句：

• Our organization is a brand-new one, so you can present any new ideas. You will never meet with putting new wine into old bottles. (我們是個全新的機構，所以你可以提出任何新的構想，絕不會碰到舊瓶裝新酒的情況)

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英譯：
harm a hair of someone’s head

例句：

• “My dear love,” said the elder lady, as she folded the weeping girl in her bosom, “do you think I would harm a hair of his head?” (「親愛的，」那位年長的夫人一邊說，一邊把那個哭泣的女孩摟在懷裡，「你想我會碰他一根汗毛嗎?」)－英國大文豪狄更斯 (Charles Dickens) 名著《孤雛淚》(Oliver Twist) 中的句子。
• If the kidnapper harms a hair of my daughter’s head, I’ll kill him. (如果綁匪敢動我女兒一根汗毛，我就殺了他)

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英譯：
have a memory/mind/head like a sieve

例句：

• I was introduced to the manager twice, but I still cannot remember his name—I’ve got a memory like a sieve. (我曾兩次被介紹跟這位經理認識，但我仍記不住他的名字 － 我真是貴人多忘事)
• I’ve never known anyone so forgetful—she’s got a mind like a sieve. (我還沒見過這麼健忘的人 － 她的記性真差)

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英譯：
be all mouth and trousers; be all mouth and no trousers

註：be all mouth and trousers 和 be all mouth and no trousers 字面的意思分別為「光有嘴巴和褲子」及「光有嘴巴，沒有褲子」。但我們也可以更簡單地說成 be all mouth，只是語氣較弱。

例句：

• They talked all night about how to solve the problems, but wouldn’t do anything to help. Their trouble was that they were all mouth and trousers. (他們整晚都在談論該如何解決這些問題，但就是不肯動手幫忙。他們的毛病就是光說不練)
• We did not vote for him because he was known to be all mouth and no trousers. (我們沒有投票給他，因為大家都知道他只會坐而言，不會起而行)

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英譯：
someone’s eyes (nearly/almost/practically) popped out of one’s head

例句：

• My sister showed me the ring Jim gave her, and my eyes popped out of my head. It was so beautiful. (我姊姊給我看吉姆送她的戒指，我驚訝地瞠目結舌。戒指真是太漂亮了)
• When he told me how much money he was earning, my eyes almost popped out of my head. (當他告訴我他賺多少錢時，我驚訝地瞠目結舌)

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英譯：
(will) have someone’s guts for garters

例句：

• If I catch you smoking again I’ll have your guts for garters. (如果我再抓到你抽煙，我會叫你吃不完兜著走)
• The students had to finish their English assignment before lunchtime or else the teacher would have their guts for garters. (學生必須在午飯前完成他們的英文作業，否則老師就會給他們顏色瞧瞧)

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英譯：
nurse a viper in one’s bosom

例句：

• The leaders of that political party will soon be forced to admit that they have been nursing vipers in their bosom─that man’s ideas could lose them a lot of public support. (那個政黨的領導人不久將不得不承認他們一直在姑息養奸 — 那個人的主意可能使他們失去許多民眾的支持)
• Your brother is a drug addict, and you have nursed a viper in your bosom. (你哥哥是個毒蟲，而你卻一直護惡養奸)

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英譯：
one/you can’t (or cannot) make an omelet (or omelette) without breaking eggs

例句：
Twenty jobs will have to be cut if the company’s going to be made more efficient. But you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs. (如果這家公司要更有效率，那麼它必須裁員 20 人。但有失才有得)

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