口译必“背”：中国成语典故英文翻译(10)
7 Y: C/ w7 F8 w3 q! g5 ? 口蜜腹剑+ x5 B# U' |& R: n6 y3 c& M
A honey tongue, a heart of gall. ( be nasty-nice; Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. )
6 K$ G# x C2 V( u2 G: F$ ~ t9 O/ H 久别情疏 ?5 t4 p0 E2 ~) u
Out of sight, out of mind. (Far from eye, far from heart. Long absent, soon forgotten. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.)$ Z1 m5 P" R2 x- B: H' Y1 y
不告而别# C& `8 H- \. a( U& |- b
French leave6 u$ `' R0 H; @
不要不自量力0 `& f. P! Y: q3 M
Don't put a quarter into a pint pot.4 v/ l% [7 w A. Y ?
不要厚此薄彼6 q/ ~7 z* p4 h
Don't make fish of one and flesh of another.
}2 ]5 D4 S4 Y7 {: @ 不畏艰难
8 w" m/ Y. V: q! p$ ] Take the bull by the horns.
P- R+ Y! X1 o" v! Z, L1 p 不战而屈人之兵$ R$ G* g8 c1 \
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
6 M$ R* `* W0 G* Z, \ 不入虎穴焉得虎子
5 `) }/ F; w6 Y- l9 m* O+ w! l How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering the tiger's lair.0 K' n" l+ z- f6 i1 `
不经一事，不长一智
( E! k: i/ t7 H% ?# J5 J6 P Experience is the mother of wisdom.
: ]! S+ I4 i8 x* | 不胜其烦
+ T$ O2 O: r9 \, V5 E/ [8 I a pain in the neck：Your little brother is a pain in the neck.& T+ S$ }' A2 q& Z2 Q
小Car笔记：$ \* ~4 B4 }+ T8 |4 }
nasty-nice：笑里藏刀的1 G2 T" E& t7 ]# c* }- T& m+ u+ C
French leave：悄悄离去，不辞而别。这个用法来自于18世纪法国风俗，不通知主人而自己离开。 |
发表于 2012-8-16 09:27:20
