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How to translate "城门失火,殃及池鱼" and "偷鸡不成蚀把米" in English?
Can you tell me any interesting English idioms?
24 nov. 2011 09:13
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城门失火,殃及池鱼 = ask not for whom the bell tolls
偷鸡不成蚀把米 = have pie-in-the-sky hopes
24 november 2011
Randy的答案倒是值得商榷,仅个人观点:-)
偷鸡不成蚀把米=go out for wool and come back shorn
have pie-in-the-sky hopes 应该是白日梦更贴切吧
城门失火,殃及池鱼 =侧重殃及无辜bring trouble to innocent people
Don't ask for whom the bell tolls 我认为侧重“相互关联,相互依存”
24 november 2011
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rainbow
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