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汉语英译1.2 有朋友建议将这些汉语习语英译汇总一下，所以有了这个帖子，其中有一半是新内容，另一半是原来就贴 过的。 【不妙】 something is to pay 经理感到事情有些不妙。 The manager had a hunch that something was to pay. 汉语的“有些不妙”或“有点不对头”的概念常可用 something is to pay的句式来表示。这一短语 常和 feel或 have a hunch that连用。 Dialogue Bob: Didnt you see the writing on the wall? Sue: I even didnt have the slightest hunch. Bob: But you should be prepared for such an outcome. Sue: I had too much confidence in him. Bob: But he ruined your business. Sue: Well, if I knew there would be something to pay, I wouldnt should chalk it up to experience. Bob: Well, you should chalk it up to experience. Sue: Youre right. 【眼中钉】 a thorn in someones flesh 不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。我可从未错待过他们。 I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. Ive never harmed them. 我们说的“眼中钉”与英美人讲的 a thorn in someones flesh指的是一回事，虽比喻有异，但意思 相同。与此说法相似的还有“刺耳的话”（a flea in someones ear）。 Dialogue Frank: I dont know why I should become a thorn in the Johns flesh. Betty: You mean your boss? Frank: Yeah. He seems to bear me a grudge. Betty: Thats because you are too much on the ball. Frank: But why should that make him hate me? Betty: Thats because you put him in the shade. 【馋得流口水】make someones mouth water 桌上的美味佳肴馋得他直流口水。 The delicacies on the table make him mouth water.  “使某人流口水”指“使某人垂涎”，是地道的汉语口语。这一概念一般是用 make someone mouth water的句式来表达的。 Dialogue Sue: Wow! What a gracious table! Everything looks so beautiful. Bob: This might be the best dinner youve ever had. Sue: Surely it is. I can hardly wait. They make my mouth water. Bob: I feel itching, too. Lets start and try these delicacies. 【胡说八道】shooting from the hip 他说我迷恋上李丽了？这简直是胡说八道！ He thinks Ive got the hots for Lily? Its shooting from the hip! 汉语口语中的 胡说八道曾被译成 break wind。其实，英美人更习惯用 shoot from the hip来表 示这一说法。 Dialogue Rose: I didnt know Joe was two-faced. He stabbed me in the back. Mark: What did he do? Rose: He told my boyfriend that I had affairs with several m