第十一章 與漢語思維模式一致的結(jié)構(gòu)(續(xù)9)
121. a wide canyon 鴻溝
122. You are a minnow in a vast ocean. 滄海一粟。
123. That's only a drop in the bucket. 滄海一粟,九牛一毛。
124. A law firm where from the outside everybody wanted to get in, and from the
inside, everybody wanted to leave .
律師事務(wù)所是一個(gè)外面的人想進(jìn)去,里面的人想出來的地方。
125. A small problem turns it into a forest fire. 星星之火可以燎原。
126. A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火可以燎原。
127. It had turned yellow because of age. 年久發(fā)黃了。
128. If you can change direction a little bit at the beginning, it's dramatic when it gets
few miles on space.
開始時(shí)失之毫厘,結(jié)果會(huì)謬以千里。
129. A miss is as good as a mile. 差之毫厘繆之千里。
130. They almost become like a one-trick pony. 江郎才盡,黔驢技窮。
131. And I actually drag him with me this afternoon. 今天下午我把他拽來了。
132. I am drawn like a moth to the flame. 我就像飛蛾撲火一樣。
133. First, the tortoise is given a slight head start. 起初,烏龜被允許先跑一段距離。
134. Run around like a chicken with its head cut off. 像個(gè)無頭蒼蠅般亂撞。
135. See your soft underbelly. 看到自己的軟肋。
136. There were founding mothers whispering smarter things in the ears of founding
fathers.
一些開國之母在開國之父耳旁輕聲細(xì)語地指點(diǎn)一些高招。(吹枕邊風(fēng))
137. So when the dust settles. 當(dāng)一切搞定后。(塵埃落地)
138. I applauded with my two hands. 我雙手贊成。
139. He is difficult to manage. 他難管理。
140. the overnight sensation a century in the making 臺(tái)上十分鐘,臺(tái)下百年功。