(完整版)中英习语谚语等对比
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英汉语成语、习语、俗语的比较与翻译
Lead up:
The Pure Brightness Day; All Soul s' Day; The Clear-and-Bright Feast; the Rainy Season
of Spring; the Tomb-visiting Day; The Mourning Day
吴钧陶译The Pure Brightness Day It drizzles thick on the Pure Brightness Day;
I travel with my heart lost in dismay.
Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy?
He points at Apricot Bloom Village far away.
杨宪益、戴乃迭译:In the Rainy Season of Spring
It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring, Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable. When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern, He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.
许渊冲译The Mourning Day
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way. Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours?
A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers.
一.例句
1. to kill two birds with one stone
2. to flog a dead horse;do sth in vain; make futile efforts 鞭打死马;白费力气
3. a drop in a bucket 沧海一粟;太仓一粟;九牛一毛;微不足道;微乎其微;不足挂齿
4. to teach a pig to play on a flute 教猪吹笛;对牛弹琴;
. 过街老鼠
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(直译)like a rat crossing the street
(意译) the object of universal condemnation; a bad man hated by everybody
6. 门庭若市
(直译) the courtyard is like a market.
(意译) a much visited house; a busy town; bustling; crowded
7. 望梅止渴
(直译)to gaze at plums to quench one ' s thirst
(意译)to console oneself with false hopes; to feed on fancies (illusion); imagined
satisfaction; a Barmecide (《一千零一夜》中一个口惠而实不至的人物)feast.
8. 危如累卵
(直译)as dangerous as a pile of eggs
(意译)hazardous in the extreme; great insecurity; in a precarious condition; at stake, at risk; at hazard; in peril; in danger; perilous; risky; critical...
9. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. (直译)点头也好,眨眼也好,示意盲马,同样无效。
(意译)犟汉难劝,狂人难喻。
10. The worst wheel of a cart creaks most. (直译)最坏的车轮最会嘎吱响。
(意译)能猫不叫,叫猫不能。
11. A creaky wheel gets the oil. (直译)嘎吱响的轮子有润滑油。
(意译)会哭的孩子有奶吃。
12. 山雨欲来风满楼
(直译)The wind sweeping through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains.
(意译) A turbulent situation foretells a big event; Coming events cast their shadows before. 13. 树倒猢狲散
(直译)When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.
(意译)Members run away when the family (constitution) falls; when an influential person falls from power, his hangers-on dispers; Rats leave a sinking ship.
14. hand in glove with 狼狈为奸
15. once in a blue moon 千载难逢
16. at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
17. 招风惹草look for trouble
18. it is a long lane that has no turning 好事多磨
19. It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. 家丑不可外扬如下成语:
20. cut in a joke 插科打诨
21. speak one ' s mifld所欲言
22. be after one ' s own heart; to one ' s I称心如意s content
23. at one ' s fin-gtieprs 了如指掌
24. fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼
25. in deep water 水深火热
26. turn up one ' s no嗤之t以鼻
27. skin and bones 皮包骨头
28. touch and go 一触即发
29. from the cradle to the grave 一生一世;从生到死
30. hit the nail on the head 一语道破
31. 充耳不闻turn a deaf ear to
32. 出人头地be head and shoulders above others
33. 吹毛求疵pick a hole in one ' s coat
34. 破釜沉舟burn one ' s boat
35. 大惊小怪make a fuss about
36. 大海捞针look for a needle in a bundle of hay
37. 颠倒黑白talk black into white
38. 得意忘形have one ' s nose in the air
39. 攀龙附凤worship the rising sun
40. 大发雷霆hit the ceiling; fly into a rage
41. 骑虎难下hold a wolf by the ears
42. 视而不见turn a blind eye to
如下谚语: