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习语、俚语、谚语的翻译 Translation of Idioms，Slangs Proverbs 习语翻译主要有:直译法 释义法 套译法 意译法 思想库think tank 热线the hot line 纸老虎paper tiger 武装到牙齿armed to the teeth 破釜沉舟to burn one’s boats 扇风点火to fan the flame(s) 充耳不闻to turn a deaf ear to 油腔滑调to have a well-oiled tongue 君子协定a gentleman’s agreement 流下鳄鱼的眼泪shed crocodile tears 象牙之塔ivory tower 酸葡萄sour grapes 烫手的山芋hot potato an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 Barking dogs do not bite. 吠犬不咬人。 Add fuel to the fire. 火上加油。 Run with the tail between the legs. 夹着尾巴逃跑。 Mark made signs with his hands and moved his mouth soundlessly to show that walls have ears. 马克打着手势，又努努嘴，以示隔墙有耳。 Mary and John were bellowing and shouting enough to wake the dead. 玛丽和约翰大声吼叫，真是吵死人。 木已成舟 The wood is already made into a boat – what’s done is done. 东施效颦 Dong Shi, an ugly woman, knitting her eyebrows in imitation of the famous beauty Xi Shi only to make herself uglier – blindly copying others and making oneself look foolish. the Gordian knot 戈耳狄俄斯之结 ---一般作为使用非常规方法解决不可解问题的一种隐喻。（快刀斩乱麻） ---根据传说，这个结是由一个巫师创造的，在绳结外面没有绳头。亚历山大大帝来到弗里吉亚见到这个绳结之后，拿出剑将其劈为两半，解开了这个问题。 ---thinking outside the box （盒子外的思考；跳出框框思考） the Heel of Achilles/ The Achilles Heel 阿基里斯的脚跟 ---唯一弱点；薄弱环节；要害the Sword of Damacles 悬挂在达摩克利斯头顶上的剑 ---临头的危险 the Trojan horse[?tr??d??n] 特洛伊木马 ---内部颠覆者/起内部破坏作用的人或事物 ---a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful 幻灯片22 to go through fire and water 赴汤蹈火 to rack one’s brains 绞尽脑汁 to laugh off one’s head 笑掉牙齿 to praise to the skies 捧上天去the apple of the eye 掌上明珠Life is but an empty dream. 人生如梦。 Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell. 得寸进尺。 [el] n. 厄尔（旧时量布的长度）； Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。 He spent money like water. 他花钱如流水似的。 An idle youth，a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 While there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 1. 4 意译法 (Free Translation) 意译法就是忠实于原文的内容，又不拘泥于原文的形