標籤: 成語

英譯：
the bird has flown

例句：

• Paul owed me a lot of money. When I went to his house yesterday, hoping to get my money back, the bird had flown. (保羅欠我很多錢。昨天當我去他家，希望要回我的錢時，他早已人去樓空)
• It’s no use searching any more. The bird has flown. (搜索沒有用了。嫌犯已逃之夭夭)

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英譯：
a chill/shiver runs/goes down one’s spine

例句：
I felt a chill running down my spine. (我感到毛骨悚然)

註：本成語還有其他形式，而且比較常見，那就是 “send chills/shivers (or a chill/a shiver) up/down one’s spine” (使人毛骨悚然；使人背脊發涼；使人倒抽一口涼氣)。例如：

• The news of the accident sent chills down his spine. (聽到意外事故的消息，他倒抽一口涼氣)
• The way he looked at me sent shivers down my spine. (他看我的方式使我打了個冷顫)

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英譯：
rotten to the core

例句：

• The whole family are rotten to the core. (這一家人全都頭上長瘡，腳底流膿，壞透了)
• Bill said that Kevin is evil to the core. (比爾說，凱文壞透了)
• This organization is rotten to the core. (這個組織爛透了)

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英譯：
(as) easy as pie; (as) easy/simple as falling off a log

註：英文中還有兩個形義相近的成語亦很常用，那就是 (as) easy as 1-2-3 和 (as) easy as A, B, C。

例句：
My physics exam was as easy as pie. (我的物理考試易如反掌)
Annie’s job is as easy as falling off a log. (安妮的工作真是易如反掌)

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