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1、TranslationofIdioms,ProverbsandSlangTranslationofIdiomsIdiomswithliteralmeaningse.g.Knitone’sbrows皺眉頭Lastbutnotleast最后但非最不重要的一點Laughinone’sface當面嘲笑Laysomethingtoheart把某事放在心上Havepityonsomebody同情某人IdiomswithmetaphoricalmeaningsLiteraltranslatione.g.Trojanhorse特洛伊木馬towerofivory象牙塔sourg
2、rapes酸葡萄（心理）Sphinx’sriddle斯芬克司之謎AswiseasSolomon如所羅門般智慧Thefifthcolumn第五縱隊AJudaskiss猶大之吻Crocodiletears鱷魚的眼淚Washone’shandsof洗手不干Newwineinoldbottles舊瓶裝新酒Freetranslatione.g.inapig’swhisper低聲地；頃刻間drawblood傷人感情；惹人生氣hangonone’ssleeve依賴某人；任某人作主hangonone’slips對某人言聽計從makeamonkeyof愚弄tobefullofb
3、eans精神旺盛；精力充沛bendanearto聚精會神地聽；傾聽getcoldfeet開始感到懷疑、膽怯或害怕askeletonatthefeast掃興的人或東西buryone’sheadinthesand采取鴕鳥政策IdiomswithequivalentsinChineseEquivalentbothinformandmeaninge.g.burntheboat破釜沉舟castleintheair空中樓閣aboltfromtheblue晴天霹靂sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother半斤八兩afterone’sownheart正中下
4、懷killtwobirdswithonestone一箭雙雕，一石二鳥showtheclovenhoof露出馬腳hangbyahair千鈞一發(fā)killthegoosethatlaysthegoldeneggs殺雞取卵Differentform,equivalentmeaninge.g.haveanaxetogrind別有用心talkthroughone’shat胡言亂語aspoorasJob家徒四壁neitherfishnorfowl不倫不類，非驢非馬leavenostoneunturned千方百計holeandcorner偷偷摸摸，鬼鬼祟祟aflyintheo
5、intment美中不足？bytheskinofone’steeth九死一生callaspadeaspade直言不諱，實話實說**SometimesanEnglishidiomhasdifferentChineseequivalentsinvariouscontexts.Forexample:Reapaswhatonehassown種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆；自作自受；自食其果；自掘墳墓；咎由自取；玩火自焚；若火燒身；作繭自縛Beontenterhooks提心吊膽；坐立不安；如坐針氈；局促不安；心亂如麻；心煩意亂；七上八下；六神無主；手足無措Similarform,di
6、fferentmeaninge.g.pullsomebody’sleg愚弄某人；開某人的玩笑（誤譯：拖后腿）moveheavenandearth想方設法；千方百計（誤譯：翻天覆地）child’splay簡單的東西；容易的事情（誤譯：兒戲）eatone’swords（被迫）收回前言；承認說錯（誤譯：食言）dogeatdog殘酷爭奪；人吃人的關系（誤譯：狗咬狗）Four-characterexpressionsinChinesetranslatione.g.ThemayorofToledosaidin1932:“Ihaveseenthousandsofthesed
7、efeated,discouraged,hopelessmenandwomen,cringingandfawningastheycometoaskforpublicaid.Itisaspectacleofnationaldegradation.”譯：1932年，托萊多市長曾這樣說道：“我見過成千上萬山窮水盡、灰心絕望的男男女女前來請求救濟，為此還低聲下氣、搖尾乞憐。此情此景真是丟盡了美國的臉?！眅.g.Thegirlswereallsmilesonhearingthegoodnews.誤：姑娘們聽到這個好消息都滿臉堆笑。正：聽到這個好消息，姑娘們個個笑逐顏開。
8、e.g.Louisa(apeasant
