分類: 中文成語英譯

英譯：
born and bred

例句：

• He was born and bred in Pescadores but now lives in Kaohsiung. (他是土生土長的澎湖人，但現在住在高雄)
• Jack’s a Londoner born and bred. (傑克是土生土長的倫敦人)

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英譯：
black and blue

例句：

• His son was beaten black and blue at the boarding school. (他兒子在寄宿學校被打得遍體鱗傷)
• Her whole body was black and blue after she had fallen down. (她摔了下來，跌得渾身青一塊，紫一塊)

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英譯：
rake over the ashes/coals

例句：

• There’s no point in raking over the ashes – all that happened twenty years ago, and there’s nothing we can do about it now. (舊事重提已沒什麼意義了 － 那一切都發生在二十年前，現在我們也無能為力了)
• His wife always rakes over the coals of their old unpleasant things when she is angry. (他太太一生氣就會將他們之間不愉快的往事重新搬出來)

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英譯：
have one’s back against/to the wall (亦寫成 with one’s back against/to the wall 或 one’s back is against/to the wall)

例句：

• With rising labour costs, industry has its back against the wall. (隨著勞動成本日益升高，企業不得不背水一戰)
• When we had our backs to the wall during the battle, everyone had to fight together. (當我們在該戰役中不得不背水一戰時，所有人都必須一起奮戰)

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英譯：
a false alarm

例句：

• John feared that he would not be able to pass the exam, but it was a false alarm. (約翰擔心考試不及格，結果只是虛驚一場)
• Someone called to say there was a bomb inside the school, but it turned out to be a false alarm. (有人打電話來說，學校裡面有炸彈，結果只是虛驚一場)

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英譯：
alive and well/kicking

例句：

• My grandfather is 85 years old but he is still alive and well. (我爺爺現在 85 歲，但依然活蹦亂跳)
• John was found alive and kicking after five days. (五天後約翰被人找到時還活蹦亂跳的)

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英譯：
act/play the goat

例句：

• Stop acting the goat! (別裝瘋賣傻了！)
• Allen is always acting the goat; I never know when to take him seriously. (艾倫老是裝瘋賣傻；我根本不知道什麼時候才能把他當真)

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英譯：
there’s life in the old dog yet

例句：

• Bill: I heard your grandpa will marry a woman who is 30. He’s already 85! (比爾：我聽說你爺爺要娶一名 30 歲的女子。他已經 85 歲了！)
  Jack: There’s life in the old dog yet. (傑克：他寶刀未老)
• I may be 90 but there’s life in the old dog yet. (我也許 90 歲，但我老當益壯)

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英譯：
a silver tongue

例句：

• I hope you’ve not allowed yourself to be persuaded by Rachel’s silver tongue. (我希望你沒被瑞秋的如簧之舌所說動)
• Jimmy has a sliver tongue. (吉米能言善道)

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英譯：
the apple of someone’s eye

註：這成語不可寫成 the apple of the eye of someone，其中的 apple 原指「瞳孔」(pupil of the eye)，表示某人對自己非常重要，猶如自己的眼珠一樣珍貴。這成語都位在 BE 動詞之後。

例句：

• The little girl is the apple of her mother’s eye. (這小女孩是她母親的掌上明珠)
• Henry is the apple of his grandfather’s eye. (亨利是他爺爺的心肝寶貝)

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