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总论001
1“in for a penny, in for a pound”与“一不做,二不休”028
2“a hair to make a tether of”与“小题大做”032
3“seek a knot in a bulrush”与“吹毛求疵”041
4“six of one and half a dozen of the other”与“半斤
八两”045
5“money makes the mare go”与“有钱能使鬼推磨”050
6“put all ones eggs in one basket”与“孤注一掷”054
7“hang by a hair”与“千钧一发”067
8“carry water to the river”与“画蛇添足”074
9“a misfortune and a friar seldom go alone”与“福无
双至,祸不单行”081
10“teach ones grandmother to suck egg”与“班门
弄斧”085
11“poor as a church mouse”与“一贫如洗”088
12“ambitious as Phaethon”与“自命不凡”105
13“Dame Partington and her mop”与“螳臂当车”114
14“talk nineteen to the dozen”与“喋喋不休”120
15“shut the stabledoor when the steed is stolen”
与“亡羊补牢”127
16“Spilled water is not picked up again”与“覆水难收”130
17“in the altogether”与“一丝不挂”134
18“In the country of the blind, the oneeyed man is
king.”与“山中无老虎,猴子称大王”139
19“Castor and Polydeuces”与“刎颈之交”143
20“the pot calling the kettle black”与“老鸹嫌猪黑”148
21“Talk of the devil, and he is bound to appear.”与
“说到曹操,曹操就到”152
00英汉成语文化内涵比较研究例解目录0022“Walls have ears.”与“隔墙有耳”155
23“Love me, love my dog.”与“爱屋及乌”158
24“a flash in the pan”与“昙花一现”161
25“all my eye”与“胡言乱语”165
26“Hair by hair you will pull out the horses tail.”与
“只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针”172
27“look for a needle in a haystack”与“海底捞针”176
28“do in Rome as the Romans do”与“入乡随俗”191
29“an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”与
“以眼还眼,以牙还牙”195
30“ants in ones pants”与“如坐针毡”206
31“kick when he is down”与“落井下石”212
32“between the devil and the deep sea”与“进退
维谷”216
33“hammer and tongs”与“全力以赴”228
34“at sixes and sevens”与“乱七八糟”245
35“all ones geese are swans”与“敝帚千金”251
36“kill two birds with one stone”与“一箭双雕”255
37“Alexander and the Robber”与“一丘之貉”258
38“pinch penny”与“一毛不拔”264
39“hoist with ones own petard”与“作法自毙”269
40“The mills of the God grind slowly, but they grind
exceeding small.”与“善有善报,恶有恶报”288
41“give him an inch and he will take a yard”与
“得寸进尺”298
42“hit the ceiling”与“怒发冲冠”302
43“all mops and brooms”与“酩酊大醉”323
44“go west”与“与世长辞”340
內容試閱:
汉语成语:
一不做,二不休
英语成语例解:
(1)成语in for a penny, in for a pound的原意是“既然花了一便士,就干脆花一个英镑吧”。英国使用旧币时,按旧币制,一便士为十二分之一先令,一先令为二十分之一英镑。这样一便士就是小钱,一英镑就是大钱。这句成语的喻义是既然已经卷入了一件事件,即使卷入不深,也只得不顾障碍和困难,把它干到底。相当于汉语成语“一不做,二不休”。
0英汉成语文化内涵比较研究例解1“in for a penny, in for a pound”与“一不做,二不休”0例:Being in for a penny, I am ready, as the saying is, to be in for a pound(Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop)
我既然已经开始做了,就准备像俗话所说的那样,一不做,二不休。(查尔斯?狄更斯,《老古玩店》)
(2)英语成语send(或throw)the helve after the hatchet出自一则寓言,说一个樵夫在山上砍柴,一下用力过猛,将斧头甩出落到山谷下面的溪流里,他一气之下把手中的斧柄也扔下山谷。约翰?海伍德(John Heywood)的《谚语集》(Proverbs, 1546)中收进了这一成语,这句成语的意思也近于汉语的“一不做,二不休”。
例:Rather throw the helve after the hatchet, and leave your ruins to be repaired by your prince.
你干脆一不做,二不休,让你的王子去收拾残局。
(3)英语成语over shoes, over boots意为“既然鞋子陷进去了,索性让靴子也陷进去”。喻指硬着头皮不顾一切地把已经开始做的事坚持做下去,而且不计后果,其义与汉语“一不做,二不休”几乎没什么两样。
例:Considering how far he had gone, and now he would be laughed at if he backed out, he determined to let it be “over shoes, over boots”.
他考虑到自己已经走得这样远了,如果停止不干将会遭到别人的嘲笑,就决定来一个一不做,二不休。
(4)关于go the whole hog这句成语的起源,有人认为hog在句中指的是尚未剪毛的羔羊。由于羔羊的毛不易剪,所以牧羊人通常会分次修剪,而有些牧羊人没有耐性,索性一次将羊毛通通剪光。后来,这句话便用来表示“一不做,二不休”,什么事不干则已,要干就干到底。
关于这句成语还有另外一种说法,认为这里的hog是指猪,一个人本来是想去买些猪肉,后来他索性把整个猪都买下来了。作这种解释仍然是“一不做,二不休”的意思。
例:Since we have painted the living room, why dont we go the whole hog and paint the kitchen?
既然我们已经将客厅粉刷,何不一鼓作气,把厨房也刷一刷呢?
(5)One may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb是一句谚语,意为“偷小羊、偷大羊都会被绞死”(旧时英国法律条文),即偷大、偷小都是贼,喻指“一不做,二不休”,干就索性干到底。
例:If youre wise, George, youll go to your office and write me your check for three hundred thousand dollars… You cant be hung any more for a sheep than you can for a lamb(Theodore Dreiser, The Financier)
倘若你聪明一些,乔治,你就应该到办公室去,开一张三十万块钱的支票给我……索性干到底,一不做,二不休。(西奥多?德莱塞,《金融家》)
(6)Either win the horse or lose the saddle这是一句谚语,意思是“不是赢马,就是输鞍”,喻“一不做,二不休”。
(7)He that would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for pastime意为愿到海上娱乐的人,就会到地狱去消遣,是一句谚语,喻指“一不做,二不休”。