標籤: 成語

英譯：
a dog in the manger

註：manger 意為「馬槽」，這個成語源自《伊索寓言》(Aesop’s Fables)，字面意思為「狗佔馬槽」，指狗本身不吃為馬準備的草料，卻又佔著馬槽不讓馬吃。所以，a dog in the manger 是諷刺那些自私的人佔有某些東西，卻不使用，又不肯與人分享。

例句：

• Don’t be such a dog in the manger! If you don’t want that Barbie doll, give it to Amy. (不要這樣佔著茅坑不拉屎! 如果妳不玩那個芭比娃娃，就送給艾美吧)
• Cindy borrowed a lot of books from the library but she didn’t read any of them. She was really a dog in the manger. (辛蒂從圖書館借了很多書，但一本也沒有看過，真是佔著茅坑不拉屎)

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英譯：
go places

例句：

• The first time we watched Jeremy Lin play basketball on TV, we knew he would go places. (我們第一次在電視上看林書豪打籃球，就知道他前途無量)
• Melissa is such a gifted musician that I always believe she’s going places. (馬莉莎是位極有天賦的音樂家，我一直相信她前途無量)

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英譯：
bow/bend the knee

例句：

• The authorities haven’t bowed the knee to the kidnappers. (當局對綁匪一直未俯首帖耳)
• The United States will never bend the knee to the terrorists. (美國絕不會對恐怖份子卑躬屈膝)

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英譯：
pennies from heaven

例句：
What many people in Taiwan want these dire days is pennies from heaven. (這陣子生活十分難過，台灣許多人都想要有意外之財)

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英譯：
there is nothing new under the sun

例句：
John: The newspaper today is shocking. Three prominent politicians have been convicted of fraud. (今天報紙的新聞令人震驚。有三個赫赫有名的政治人物因詐欺被判有罪)
Mary: That’s not shocking. It only proves that there’s nothing new under the sun. (那不令人震驚。那只是證明了太陽底下沒有新鮮事)

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