➢ at sixes and sevens, spick and span, then and there
➢ through thick and thin
➢ tit for tat
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
➢ neither fish, flesh or fowl
➢ Care killed the cat.
➢ Money makes the mare to go.
乱七八糟一举彻头彻尾或多或少胡说八道全心全意风雨无阻绰绰有余每况愈下患难与共畅所欲言骄者必败己所不欲勿施于人onestrokethroughthroughmorelessstuffnonsenseheartsoulrainshineenoughgofrombadsharewealsayhaveonessaypridecomesgoesbeforefalldoyouwould归化译法domestication习语汉译英的几种方法二同义习语借用法3有时汉语习语没有比喻但英语同义习语却有若后者比较朴实不具有浓厚的民族或地方色彩也可加以借用
➢ E.g.: 露出马脚,cat’s paw, 开夜车,落花流水,under the weather, lose one’s head, lay heads together
➢ 3、习语是一种相对稳定的词语搭配。通常不能随意改变习语的词序、拆 开或用其他词替换。
➢ E.g.: 雪中送炭,老马识途,乱七八糟(),cast pearls before swine,burn one’s boats, at liberty, A stitch in time saves nine.
➢ Definition of “idiom”:
➢ a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate word.