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英譯：
have an itching palm; have itching palms

註：這成語原指從前人們相信手癢是進財之兆，它亦經常以當副詞用的介系詞片語 with an itching palm 型態出現，如 My uncle was born with an itching palm. (我伯父天生貪財)。

例句：

• He has an itching palm and will certainly accept the money. (他見錢眼開，肯定會把錢收下的)
• Don’t trust them. They have itching palms and will certainly try to cheat you out of your prize money. (別相信他們。他們都財迷心竅，一定會想辦法騙走你的獎金)

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英譯：
dead men tell no tales

註：這成語是小說、電影中罪犯殺人滅口時的常用語。

例句：

• The club members liked to hold their secret meetings in a graveyard, since dead men tell no tales. (會社成員喜歡在墓地舉行秘密會議，因為死人不會告密)
• Boss: Allen is going to tell the police that we robbed the bank. How can we stop him? (角頭老大：艾倫將要告訴賊頭我們搶銀行。我們要怎樣才能制止他?)
  Gangster: Dead men tell no tales. (黑幫份子：死人不會告密)

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英譯：
turn one’s nose up at

例句：

• I never turn my nose up at dessert, no matter what it is. (不管什麼甜點，我都不會嗤之以鼻)
• Jim turned his nose up at Ann, and that hurt her feelings. (吉姆對安不屑一顧，這使她的感情很受傷)

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英譯：
not see the wood/forest for the trees

註：not see the wood for the trees 的前面通常用 can, could 或 be able，即 cannot/can’t/couldn’t/be not able to see the wood for the trees。

例句：

• Some people often cannot see the wood for the trees. (有些人經常見樹不見林)
• The information presented in this textbook is so disorganized that I can’t see the wood for the trees. (這本教科書所提供的資訊雜亂無章，致使我見樹不見林)
• The politician’s opponents claimed that she couldn’t see the forest for the trees, because she spent so much time trying to solve minor problems. (這位政治人物的對手宣稱，她見樹不見林，因為她花太多時間在解決不重要的問題上)

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英譯：
the long arm of the law

例句：

• The long arm of the law is going to tap you on the shoulder some day, George. (喬治，總有一天你會受到法律制裁)
• The long arm of the law finally caught up with the drug baron. (法網恢恢，那位毒梟終於落網)

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英譯：
turn/roll (over) in one’s grave

例句：

• If your poor father heard you say that, he’d turn over in his grave. (如果你可憐的父親聽到你那樣說，他會死不瞑目的)
• She’d turn in her grave if she knew what he was spending his inheritance on. (如果她知道他將他繼承的遺產花在什麼地方，她會死不瞑目的)

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英譯：
if you can’t stand/take the heat, get out of the kitchen

註：據稱，這一俗諺的始作俑者是美國已故總統杜魯門 (Harry S. Truman)。他在總統任內的 1949 年告誡他的幕僚，別在乎外界對他們任命的批評。當時他說：”I’ll stand by [you] but if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.” (我會挺 [你們]，但怕熱就別進廚房)。不過，根據愛達荷州的 Soda Springs Sun 報引述杜魯門的話所做的報導，他早在還未當上總統的 1942 年就已說過類似的話：”If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen.”。

例句：
It’ll take a lot of weekend overtime to finish, so if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. (週末需花許多時間加班才能完成工作，所以怕熱就別進廚房)

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英譯：
laughter is the best medicine

例句：
It seems that the old adage is true － laughter is the best medicine. (「一笑祛百病」這句古諺似乎屢試不爽)

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英譯：
have one foot in the grave

註：這成語字面的意思為一腳已踏進墳墓 (或棺材)，即離死不遠了。

例句：

• I was so sick, I felt as if I had one foot in the grave. (我病得這麼重，我覺得好像行將就木)
• My grandpa is 98 years old and has one foot in the grave. (我祖父 98 歲了，已經風燭殘年)

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英譯：
the blind leading the blind

註：這成語通常位在 it is (a case of) 之後。

例句：

• John: Mike is helping me fill out my tax forms this year. (麥可今年要幫我填寫報稅表單)
  Jane: Is he a tax expert? (他是稅務專家嗎?)
  John: He read a book about income tax once. (他曾讀過一本所得稅方面的書)
  Jane: Sounds to me like the blind leading the blind. (在我聽起來這好像問道於盲)
• David offered to be my guide through Tokyo, but since he’d never been there before either, it was a case of the blind leading the blind. (大衛表示要當我到東京的導遊，但由於他以前也沒有去過東京，這是問道於盲，於事無補)

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