新汉语习语的翻译.ppt

11.夫妻无隔夜之仇。 Enmity between husband and wife doesn’t last the night. Or: Nothing can come between husband and wife. 12.打蛇打七寸 Hit where it hurts. touch sb.’s tender spot; cut sb to the quick (使某人不高兴） 13.打蛇先打头，擒贼先擒王 If you want to kill a snake you must first hit it on the head and if you want to catch a band of robbers you must first catch their leader. 14. 他对乡里的情况，了如指掌。 He knew everything about the township like the back / palm of his hand. 15.他的话简直是火上加油。 His remarks just added to the flames of my / her anger. 16.他觉得丈夫这句话说的对，真是一针见血，点头附和道… Feeling that her husband had been right to say this and had touched him on the raw, she nodded and backed him up… 17.木已成舟，也只好如此了。 What’s done is done, and can’t be undone. 18.后来出嫁了，两个人还藕断丝连，这只能怪包办婚姻，不能怪她。 After she was married they still kept it up. The arranged marriage was the cause of this; she can’t be blamed. 19. 这正是青黄不接的季节。 This is the season when one crop was eaten and the next still green. or: This is the season when the crop is still in the blade and the old is consumed. This is the season before the green corn grows and after the white crop is consumed. 20.事实胜于雄辩，水落自然石出。 However, facts speak louder than eloquence and the truth will prevail (take advantage) in the end. 21.这刚按下葫芦，飘又起来了。（按下葫芦浮起瓢。） One problem has just been solved and another crops up. (solve one problem only to find another cropping up) 22. 别拉大旗作虎皮了。 Don’t use the great banner as a tiger-skin. Or: Don’t deck oneself out (打扮，装饰) and frighten people. 23. 一字千金。 A single word / character is worth a thousand piece of gold. Learning is more precious than gold. 24. Both loyalty and filial piety are attained. 25. Faithful words grate upon the ear. Faithful admonitions are unpleasant to hear /to the ear. Honest / Good / Straight advice is hard / difficult to take. 26. Faithful / Frank / Honest words offend the ear but are good for improving one’s conduct. Honest advice, though unpleasant to the ear, benefits conduct. 27. When a veteran goes int