分類: 中文成語英譯

英譯：
turn the clock back; turn back the clock

例句：

• You are afraid to face up to the future. You are trying to turn the clock back to a time when you were more comfortable. (你不敢面對未來。你試圖使時光倒流，回到你比較風光的時候)
• You can never turn the clock back. (時光不能倒流)

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英譯：
bury/hide one’s head in the sand

例句：

• Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statistics on smoking and cancer. (別再自欺欺人了。看看這些有關抽菸與癌症的統計數字吧)
• Parents said bullying was being ignored, and accused the headmaster of burying his head in the sand. (家長表示，霸凌問題遭到漠視，並譴責校長採取鴕鳥心態)

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英譯：
rob the cradle

例句：

• Man, David’s girlfriend is only 14, he’s robbing the cradle! (老兄，大衛的女友只有 14 歲，他老牛吃嫩草!)
• You’re kind of robbing the cradle, man. (老兄，你有點老牛吃嫩草)

附註：至於吃嫩草的「老牛」則叫做 cradle robber。

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英譯：
one man’s meat is another man’s poison

例句：

• John: I don’t understand why Ben doesn’t like to read science fiction. It’s the most interesting thing to read. Mary: One man’s meat is another man’s poison. (約翰：我不懂班為何不喜歡看科幻小說。那是最有趣的讀物。瑪麗：人各有所好)
• I don’t want to do her job, but she seems to love it very much. Oh well, one man’s meat is another man’s poison. (我不想做她的工作，但她似乎非常喜歡。啊，人真是各有所好)

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英譯：
every dog has its/his day

例句：

• Don’t worry, you’ll get chosen for the volleyball team. Every dog has its day. (別擔心，你會獲選加入排球隊。風水輪流轉)
• You may become famous someday. Every dog has his day. (有朝一日你可能會出名。風水輪流轉)

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英譯：
live and let live

例句：

• I don’t care what they do! Live and let live, I always say. (我不介意他們做什麼! 我經常說，寬以待人如待己)
• His parents are strict. Mine just live and let live. (他的父母嚴以待人。我的雙親則是寬以待人如待己)

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英譯：
absence makes the heart grow fonder

例句：

• Ever since Amy’s husband went on a business trip, she can’t stop thinking about him. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (艾美在她先生出差後就不停地想他。小別勝新婚)
• A: It is much easier to get along with your parents when you live away from home. You miss them so much and are glad when you see them. (當你住在外面時，你會更容易跟父母相處。你會很想念他們，每當看到他們都會很高興)
  B: It’s true. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (的確如此。眼不見，心更念)

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英譯：
what’s done cannot be undone

例句：

• Kelly: I wish I hadn’t insulted Maria. Laura: What’s done cannot be undone. (凱莉：但願我沒有羞辱瑪麗亞。蘿拉：木已成舟)
• Wendy soon regretted telling David that she loved him, but she knew that what’s done cannot be undone. (溫蒂很快就後悔對大衛說，她愛他，但她知道木已成舟)

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英譯：
eat, drink, and be merry (, for tomorrow we die)

註：這成語的完整寫法是 eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die，但一般都簡要地寫成 eat, drink, and be merry (亦可寫成 to eat, and to drink, and to be merry)。這成語出自聖經中的傳道書 (Ecclesiastes)：A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. (人在太陽底下，莫強如吃喝歡樂)

例句：

• Bill: No cake for me, thank you. I’m on a diet. Amy: But, Bill, this is a birthday party. Eat, drink, and be merry. (比爾：我不要蛋糕，謝謝。我正在節食。艾美：但是，比爾，這是生日派對。及時行樂吧)
• Nina encouraged all her guests to eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. (妮娜鼓勵她的所有客人要及時行樂，因為我們明天就死了)

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英譯：
in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

例句：
John: How on earth did Michael get promoted to be head of his department? He’s such a blunderer! (約翰：麥可到底是怎樣升到該部門主管的呢? 他真的是個粗心大意、常犯錯的人啊!)
Mary: In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. (瑪麗：比上不足，比下有餘) － 亦即該部門其他人比他更粗心大意、更常犯錯。

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