英譯：
cut the Gordian knot
例句：
It appears that even President Barack Obama, a leader upon whom the expectations of the world await, has been unable to cut the Gordian knot. (似乎就連歐巴馬這位全球寄予厚望的領導人也不能快刀斬亂麻)
The new manager found that none of the staff liked him, but he soon cut the Gordian knot by dismissing them all. (新上任的經理發現職員都不喜歡他，於是就快刀斬亂麻，把他們全部給辭退了)
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英譯：
burn the candle at both ends
例句：
You look very tired today. Have you been burning the candle at both ends? (你今天看起來疲憊不堪。是不是過度勞累了?)
He has been burning the candle at both ends with his work and his studies. (為了兼顧工作和學業，他一直蠟燭兩頭燒)
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英譯：
with one’s tail between one’s legs
例句：
He left the meeting with his tail between his legs after he was criticized by the president. (他遭到董事長斥責後垂頭喪氣地離席)
The salesman was forced to leave the office with his tail between his legs after he admitted telling a lie about his sales figures. (那位銷售員在承認謊報銷售數據後被迫夾著尾巴離職)
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英譯：
in/by dribs and drabs
例句：
The guests arrived in dribs and drabs. (賓客三三兩兩地到來)
The work had been coming in by dribs and drabs for several years. (幾年來，接到的活兒都是零零碎碎的)
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英譯：
the devil finds work for idle hands
例句：
“The devil finds work for idle hands” is what your mother says to you when she finds you watching television, rather than doing your homework! (當你母親發現你在看電視而不做功課時，她就會對你說「一閒生百邪」)
When Paul was young his parents warned him that the devil finds work for idle hands. (保羅年輕時，他父母親就告誡他，一閒生百邪，無聊起壞心)
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英譯：
let the grass grow under one’s feet
例句：
That man is never content to let the grass grow under his feet. (那名男子做事不喜歡拖拖拉拉、浪費時間)
I want this work done quickly, so don’t let the grass grow under your feet! (我要你快點把工作做好，別磨磨蹭蹭!)
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英譯：
an inside job
例句：
The bank robbery was an inside job. (這起銀行搶案是內神通外鬼)
There is a growing number of Americans who believe 9/11 was an inside job. (越來越多的美國人認為 911 恐怖攻擊事件是內神通外鬼)
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英譯：
flutter one’s eyelashes at
例句：
All through the meal his wife was fluttering her eyelashes at the man sitting at the next table. (在整個吃飯過程中，他的太太一直對鄰桌一名男子擠眉弄眼)
She even very often fluttered her eyelashes at me. How could I resist? (她甚至對我頻送秋波。我怎能抗拒呢?)
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英國《每日郵報》9 日根據《路透社》的報導指出，世上年紀最大的人 130 歲了，該報的完整標題是 “Antisa ‘the oldest person on Earth’ turns 130 (and she doesn’t look a day over 110)”，這使我想起上個禮拜天發生在自家的一則故事。
當天近中午時分，拙荊自傳統市場買了好幾樣水果回來，我看她一進門就顯得一副喜孜孜、樂不可支，好像剛發現自己中了威力彩頭獎的樣子，便隨口一問「什麼事那麼高興?」，她回答說：「賣荔枝的老闆說我看起來還不到 30 歲」。我的天啊! 拙荊天生娃娃臉，看起來的確比實際年齡年輕了好幾歲，但說已是女人四十一枝花的她還不到 30 歲，在我看來還是有點誇張。雖然心裡這樣想，但仍口是心非地說：「那位老闆講話很實在」。這下子她簡直樂歪了，瞧她那副心花怒放、喜不自勝的樣子，我又隨口補上一句：「這真是一件喜事，那麼這個月的零用金應該可以多給兩千吧!」談到錢就傷感情，她馬上警覺到，「再說吧!」
看完這則故事，看倌應該已知道本文標題的意思了吧! 那就是「你看來不超過 30 歲」，因此《每日郵報》括弧中的標題是說這位世上年紀最大的人 Antisa 雖然已 130 歲，但她看起來還不到 110 歲。
You don’t look a day over thirty. 的直譯是「你看來最多三十歲，連一天都不多」。然而，這個可以被視為固定用語的句子通常用於四十歲以上的人，如 You don’t look a day over fifty/sixty. 等。對二、三十歲的人，很少說 You don’t look a day over twenty/thirty.。
至於說外表和實際年齡相稱，英文是 To look one’s age。She does not look her age. 通常是指「她看起來比實際年紀小」，亦即 She looks younger than her age.，這與上述的 You don’t look a day over …相近。不過，look one’s age 也可以指「比實際年紀大」，如 She looks older than her age. (她看起來比實際年紀大)。
英譯：
forewarned is forearmed
例句：
Let me know when the Department Required Test (DRT) is given; forewarned is forearmed. (通知我什麼時候舉行指考；凡事豫則立)
Check the temperature before you go outside. Forewarned is forearmed. (外出前要看看氣溫。預先知道，才能有準備)
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