Cultural Differences between English and Chinese on Idioms Origins.pptVIP

Cultural Differences between English and Chinese on Idioms Origins spend money like water=挥金如土 at sea=茫然 half sea over=酒喝得太多 a big fish in a little pond=山中无老虎，猴子称霸王 上无片瓦下,下无寸土 as poor as a church mouse 人不亏地，地不亏人 The masters footsteps fatten the soil rainy day=穷困时期） to rain or shine=无论如何 as right as rain=非常正确 春暖花开 in warm spring, all the blossoms are in full bloom 一年之计在于春 the whole year’s work consists in a good start in spring Historical events to meet one‘s Waterloo 一败涂地 Dunkirk evacuation 敦刻尔克撤退 What millions died that Caesar might be great 一将功成万骨枯 卧薪尝胆 to sleep on brushwood and taste gall---to undergo self-imposed hardships so as to strengthen ones resolve to wipe out a national humiliation) 沉鱼落雁之容，闭月羞花之貌 To my mind, this woman is so beautiful that she will make the fish sink and the birds alight, or she will put the flowers to shame and outshine the moon Fables and Mythologies A Pandoras box 潘多拉之盒 crocodiles tears 鳄鱼眼泪 拔苗助长 try to help seeding grow by pulling them---spoil things by undue haste 精卫填海 the mythical bird trying to fill up the sea with pebbles Literary works To claim ones pound of flesh 割某人的一磅肉 The Merchant of Venice 《威利斯商人》 Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, writing an exact man 读书使人的头脑充实，讨论使人明辨是非，作笔记则能使人知识精确 Of Studies《论求知》 小不忍则乱大谋 If you are too tender-hearted over small matters, youll jeopardize affairs of great moment---《论语》 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 too much cunning in plotting and scheming is the cause of her own undoing---《红楼梦》 Religions and Beliefs God helps those who help themselves 自助者天助 old Adam 本性的罪恶 谋事在人，成事在天 Man proposes, Heaven disposes 放下屠刀，立地成佛 A butcher becomes a Buddha the moment he drops his cleaver---a wrongdoer achieves salvation as soon as he gives up evil Food and cooking hard cheese 倒霉 Bread and butter 日常所需 巧妇难为无米之炊 Even the cleverest housewife cant cook a meal without rice 粗茶淡饭 coarse tea and brown rice Culture is a kind of social behavior. It needs ti