文化词语译法答案.doc

14.212. 蠢得像猪13. 有其父必有其子Like father, like son: a person usually behaves in exactly the same way as his or her father.14. 隔墙有耳Walls have ears: even the most secret and private conversation may become known to other people.15. 骑墙/保持中立/采取观望态度sit on the fence: not to make any clear choice or decision between two possibilities or opposing groups of people.16. 前后颠倒/本末倒置/倒果为因put the cart before the horse: to do or say things in the wrong order.17. 乱七八糟/杂乱无章/七嘴八舌/众说纷纭at sixes and sevens: in a state of confusion.18. 翘辫子/死19. 昙花一现的事物a flash in the pan: something that only lasts for a very short time; a success or something that has not happened before and is unlikely to happen again.20. 一贫如洗/穷到极点as poor as a church mouse: very poor; having very little money21. 空中楼阁/空想/白日梦/架空的计划castle in the air: dreams, hopes, or desires that are unlikely to become reality.22. 对某事了如指掌/胸有成竹或准备行动have something firmly at ones fingers ends: to be very familiar with something23. 宁为鸡口，无为牛后Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion=Better be the head of an ass than the tail of a horse: Better the foremost amongst commoners than the lowest of the aristocracy; “better to reign in hell than serve in Heavn” Milton: Paradise Lost24. 杀生金蛋的鹅/毁掉摇钱树/断绝生财或成功之道/杀鸡取卵kill the goose that lays the golden eggs: to destroy the chief cause of ones profit or success25. 有口才/有辩才/能说会道/能言善辩/口齿伶俐/有三寸不烂之舌the gift of the gab: the ability to talk readily and easily26. 不伦不类/非驴非马neither fish nor fowl: neither one thing nor the other27. 吹牛/说大话/谈论赛马的事28. 守口如瓶/沉默不语/很少讲话29. 笑得前仰后合/大笑不止laugh ones head off: to laugh in an extreme way or beyond reasonable limits30. 胆小如鼠31. 过着非常忧虑又痛苦的生活/过着牛马不如的生活a dogs life: a life or existence full of worries, trouble, or unhappiness32. 想方设法/千方百计leave no stone unturned: to make every possible effort or attempt33. 进退维谷/进退两难/左右为难/前有猛虎，后有豺狼between the devil and the deep /blue sea: having two possible courses of action open to one, both of which are dangerous, unpleasant, etc.34. 孤注一掷put all ones eggs in one basket: to depend completely on the success of one thing35. 旁观者清14.311. 水Adams wine=Adams ale: water12. 赖以谋生的东西/生计someones bread and butter: something that provides a person with the simple things he needs to continue to live or work13. 破坏细心的计划/打乱程序upset the apple-cart: to spoil something that has been carefully planned14. 打平伙（各自出钱合伙吃）/各人自己付钱go Dutch: to share the cost of a meal, visit to the cinema, etc.15. 赤身裸体/一丝不挂/赤裸裸的in ones birthday suit/clothes: in the state of being completely undressed.16. 让时间白白过去/行动慢吞吞/磨洋工/坐失良机let the grass grow under ones feet: to delay, e.g. by not moving on from one place or thing to another; waste time.17. 别冒火/别激动/保持冷静/不发脾气keep your hair/wit/shirt on: keep calm; not become angry, excited, etc.18. 做二把手/当（别人）副手/居于次要地位play second fiddle: to have a lower or less important position(when compared with another person)19. 掩盖或忘却（可耻、丢脸、不体面、不愉快等的事）sweep/brush somethingunder/underneath/beneath the carpet/rug: to hide or forgetsomething shameful, unpleasant, etc.20. 夹坐在两个男人之间的女人21. 让别人来干吧。/让别人去负责吧。22. 中国茶叶中的一流名牌产品。23. 威尔逊先生怕老婆，在家里他老婆说了算。wear the trousers/pants: to be the ruling partner in a marriage.24. 我已经无意中泄露了秘密，科赛尔先生，干脆现在就把全部情况都告诉你吧。let the cat out of the bag: to make known something that was a secret, esp. to make it known accidentally and at the wrong time.25. “你有的是力气， 可那是未经修炼的力气，就像一头公牛，站在瓷器店里，一动就闯祸。”他这么说，赢得对方微微一笑。like a bull in a china shop: in a rough awkward manner, like someone knocking into and breaking things.26. 穿衣服、不穿衣服，又有什么关系。你这种人，我一看就明白，就像看书一样清楚。read you like a book: to understand you completely; not to be deceived by your speech or behavior.27. 后面这个人来了就立刻对我泼冷水：他是个十足愚蠢而平庸的人。a wet blanket: a discouragement.14.4.11. Lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.马已被盗，再锁厩门/贼去关门（为时太晚/无济于事）2. be at daggers drawn be at daggers points尖锐对立/极为仇视/势不两立/（与某人）快要打起来3. (make)much ado about nothing闹了一大阵子，其实没啥事/无事空忙/无事自扰4. Kings have long arms (hands)王权及四海，勿与帝王争。/百姓强不过官家。5. Live and learn.哦，真是活一天学一天！/啊，真是活一天长一天见识！/啊，真是不经一事，不长一智。/咳，真新鲜！/真是无奇不有！（用以对刚知道的事表示惊异）6. Give a dog a bad(an ill) name and hang him.一旦给人加个坏名声，他就永远洗刷不掉。/名声一坏，就翻不了身。/一朝坏名声，十年洗不清。/名誉一毁，万难挽回。7. have a finger in the (every)pie参与做某事/插手某事/强行干预（干涉）别人的事8. have a bone in ones throat不能说话啦/开不了口啦/不能回答问题（常用作不愿说话或回答的口实）9. A miss is as good as a mile.毫末之错仍为错。/死里逃生总是生。10. show the cloven foot暴露出罪恶意图11. throw (fling away)a sprat to catch a herring (whale, mackerel)给人一点东西，作一点让步，希望得到较大回报/拿小虾钓大鱼/施小惠获大利/吃小亏占大便宜/一本万利12. bark at the moon想吓唬月亮而狂吠/（尤指对居高位者作）无用的责骂/空嚷/枉费心机/干徒劳无益的事13. Dont wake a sleeping dog(wolf)./Let sleeping dogs lie.别多事。/别惹麻烦。14. a walking skeleton行走中的骨瘦如柴的人或动物/皮包骨的人15. beard the lion in his den在狮穴捋狮须/（向有权势的人）亲自挑战或当面争辩/太岁头上动土16. Scratch my back and Ill scratch yours./Claw me and Ill claw you.互相帮助或吹捧/你帮我，我也帮你。/你捧我，我也捧你。17. a fly in the ointment美中不足之处/使人扫兴的小事/煞风景的东西18. dog eat dog (dog-eat-dog)无情而野蛮的竞争/（生意买卖或体育比赛等活动中）为求生存或获胜而进行非常残酷的斗争19. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear.本质上坏的或劣等的东西不能制成好东西。/母猪耳朵做不出丝织钱包。/劣材难成器。/朽木雕不成美器。20. Beggars cannot (should not)be choosers.讨饭的不能挑食。/讨饭的不能挑肥拣瘦。/有求于人的人不能讲条件。别人给什么就接受什么。21. row in the same boat分担22. a friend in need在你困难的时候帮助你的真朋友/助人度难关的朋友/济人之难的朋友23. Even a worm will turn.蠕虫被踩也会翻腾。/逼人太甚，必有反抗。/逼人入绝境，绵羊也拼命。24. penny wise and pound foolish小处节俭，大处浪费/小事聪明，大事糊涂/明于小事而昧于大事14.4.21. make(stage)a come-backa return to a former position of strength, importance, or high position, after a period of absence2. follow in somebodys footstepsfollow the example set by somebody in the past; adopt the same trade or profession as ones father/continue a tradition or process established by a predecessor; do what another person, esp. ones relative, is already doing or has already done3. hand in glove(with somebody)closely connected or working together (with someone), esp. in something bad; inseparable companions, of like tastes and affections/thick as thieves/fit each other like hand and glove.4. eat ones cake and have it/have ones cake and eat ithave the advantage of something without the disadvantages that go with it; spend your money and yet keep it/serve God and mammon/have it both ways5. reap as (what) one has sownget what one has deserved 6. kick against the pricks hurt oneself by useless resistance or protest; complain uselessly about something that cannot be changed; struggle against fate/protest when the odds are against one7. a bolt from the bluesomething unexpected and unpleasant; unexpected (and usually unwelcome)event/complete surprise; a sudden and wholly unexpected event or catastrophe8. a stormy (storm) petrelone whose coming always portends trouble; a person whose presence indicates that there is likely to be some kind of trouble or unrest in the near future9. come to a bad (no good)endbe led by ones actions to ruin, disgrace, punishment, an unpleasant death, etc.; come to some misfortune, esp. an unpleasant death10. play with firetake foolish and dangerous risks; take risks, esp. when these are foolish and unnecessary11. middle-of-the-road(of people, politics, etc.)moderate/avoiding extremes; liking, holding, or being ideas, forms of expression, etc., that most other people like, and that do not make them angry or upset/not extreme; average/ordinary/not likely to cause offence to anyone 14.4.3（3）1. 半斤八两 six of one and half a dozen of the other/be all the same; essentially the same/nothing to choose between the two/two of a kind/tweedledum and tweedledee2. 逼上梁山 be driven to join the Liangshan rebels(a band of peasant rebels of the Song Dynasty, who had their stronghold on Liangshan Mountain)/be driven to revolt/be driven to it/be forced to put up resistance/have to take to the bush3. 菩萨心肠 the heart of a Bodhisattva-the bowels of compassion(pity)/the bowels of mercy/kind-heartedness/mercifulness4. 得陇望蜀 covet the land of Shu after getting the region of Long-have insatiable desires/give him an inch and hell take a mile/One conquest breeds appetite for another./The more you get, the more you want./hanker for more5. 张冠李戴 put Zhangs hat on Lis head-confuse one thing with another or attribute something to the wrong person/substitute one for the other/shift the blame6. 朝秦暮楚 serve the State of Qin in the morning and the State of Chu in the evening-be quick to switch sides/be fickle/be inconstant/shiftiness of purpose/a cheap turncoat7. 之乎者也 pedantic terms (twaddle)/literary jargon/archaisms8. 过五关斩六将 force five passes and slay six captains-win glory in battle/surmount numerous difficulties/experience many hardships9. 丈八金刚，摸不着头脑 You cant touch the head of the ten-foot monk-you cant make head or tail of it./be in the dark/completely at a loss/be puzzled10. 魑魅魍魉；牛鬼蛇神 evil spirits/demons and monsters11.情人眼里出西施 In the eyes of the lover, his beloved is a beauty./Beauty is in the eye of the beholder./Beauty likes in the lovers eyes./Love is blind.12. 半路杀出一个程咬金 halfway s