慘綠少年

藥店飛龍

空心湯圓

冷水燙豬

令人噴飯

◎ 冬日可愛 夏日可畏

冬日可愛？冬天可愛，春天、夏天、秋天就不可愛了？很多人因?yàn)樨S子愷的這幅畫而知道了“冬日可愛”，但實(shí)際上早在《左傳》中就有出現(xiàn)。

《左傳》中分別用“冬日之日”和“夏日之日”形容兩個(gè)不同的人。魏晉時(shí)期的杜預(yù)在注釋《左傳》時(shí)這樣解釋：“冬日可愛，夏日可畏?！?/p>

所謂“冬日可愛”是指，冬天的太陽使人感到溫暖，比喻為人和藹可親。夏日可畏指像夏天酷熱的太陽那樣使人可怕，比喻為人嚴(yán)厲，令人敬畏。

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as warm as the sun in winter

as frightening as the scorching sun in summer

◎ 等米下鍋

等著米來下鍋燒飯；比喻生活困難，缺少錢用。

出自清·曹雪芹《紅樓夢》第九十九回：

“我在這衙門內(nèi)已經(jīng)三代了，外頭也有些體面，家里還過得，就規(guī)規(guī)矩矩伺候本官升了還能夠，不象那些等米下鍋的。”

“My family has served in this yamen for three generations; I’ve got a decent position here, I manage to make an honest living. I don’t mind going by the book until this Intendant gets promoted and moved somewhere else. I’m not like that beggarly lot who’ve just left.”

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live on a shoestring

◎ 女生外向

1. 女子長大后終須出嫁。漢班固《白虎通．卷三．封公侯》：「男生內(nèi)向，有留家之義；女生外向，有從夫之義。」

When a girl grows up, she has to get married.

2.女子的心向著丈夫家?！秲号⑿蹅鳎谌亍罚骸咐蠣斃硭?！他自來是這么女生外向。」

The married woman sides with her husband.

◎ 酒店猛狗

出自《晏子春秋·內(nèi)篇問上》：

有一個(gè)賣酒的人，使用的器皿很清潔，掛出的招牌也很醒目，但他賣的酒因賣不出去而發(fā)酸。向附近鄰里詢問其中的原因。鄰居說：“您家的狗很兇，別人拿著酒器進(jìn)入，當(dāng)買您家的酒時(shí)，狗就迎上來咬他，這就是您家的酒會賣不出去而發(fā)酸的原因啊。”

Once there was a man who sold wine. His tools were clean and his signboard was eye-catching. But the wine turned sour because no one came to buy it. He went to ask his neighbors why no one would buy it. A neighbor told him that his terrifying dog would bite the customers when they went into the shop to buy wine.

酒店猛狗寓言告訴我們：“猛狗”不遠(yuǎn)離，再好的“酒”都會變酸，一個(gè)英明的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)要注意“審擇左右”，親賢臣遠(yuǎn)小人，以趨利避害。

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bad courtiers

◎ 愛惜羽毛

珍惜自己的名聲，謹(jǐn)慎。

出自漢·劉向《說苑·雜言》。

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be careful about one’s reputation

◎ 加減乘除

沒想到吧，數(shù)學(xué)里面的加減乘除居然也是成語！

本指算術(shù)中四種基本運(yùn)算法則，比喻心里盤算。

出自《端正好·次韻贈邵晉夫歸隱》：“端的是太平人物，誰想道命兒中加減乘除?！?/p>

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careful deliberation

◎ 一龍一豬

比喻同時(shí)的兩個(gè)人，高下判別極大。

出自唐·韓愈《符讀書城南》詩：“兩家各生子，提孩巧相如。少長聚嬉戲，不殊同隊(duì)魚。三十骨骼成，乃一龍一豬?！?/p>

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as far apart as heaven and earth

◎ 無腸公子

古人對螃蟹的別稱。

古人給蟹取“四名”：“以其橫行，則曰螃蟹；以其行聲，則曰郭索；以其外骨，則曰介士；以其內(nèi)空，則曰無腸。”所以蟹便有了“橫行介士”和“無腸公子”的稱號。

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the crab

◎ 博士買驢

北齊·顏之推《顏氏家訓(xùn)·勉學(xué)》：“鄴下諺曰：博士買驢，書券三紙，未有驢字。”

博士買了一頭驢子，寫了三紙契約，沒有一個(gè)“驢”字；譏諷寫文章長篇累牘而說不到點(diǎn)子上。

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long and tedious articles

◎ 蛤蟆夜哭

出自《艾子雜說》，又稱《東坡居士艾子雜說》，相傳是蘇東坡所撰。

艾子乘船在大海中航行，晚上停泊在一個(gè)海島上，半夜聽見水底下有人哭，又好像有人在說話。就認(rèn)真地聽著。

其中一個(gè)人說：'昨天龍王下了一道命令，水族中凡是有尾巴的都要斬首。我是鼉(tuó）呀，很害怕被殺頭所以才哭。而你是只蛤蟆，又沒有尾巴，為什么也哭個(gè)不停呢？'

又聽見一個(gè)聲音說：'我現(xiàn)在幸虧沒有尾巴，但害怕龍王追究我當(dāng)蝌蚪的事情?。?#39;

Ai zi traveled on the sea and heard someone crying and talking under the water when he anchored the boat by an island at night.

“The Dragon King has ordered that whoever of the aquatic group has a tail should be beheaded. I am afraid of being killed because of my tail. So I cried. But you are a frog without a tail. Why are you crying?”

“Now I have no tail but what if the Dragon King wants to behead me because I used to be a tadpole?”

蛤蟆于夜晚哭泣。形容毫無根據(jù)誣陷好人。

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frame an innocent person without evidence