1. The house is really A-1.
(误译)那间房子的门牌确实是A-1号。
(正译)那间房子确实是一流的。
2.He bought a baker’s dozen of biscuits.
(误译)他买了面包师做的12块饼干。
(正译)他买了13块饼干。
3.A bull of Bashan woke the sleeping child with his noise.
(误译)贝兴的一头公牛弄醒了那个酣睡的孩子。
(正译)一个大嗓门的人把那个酣睡的孩子吵醒了。
4.He was a cat in the pan.
(误译)他是盘子中的一只猫。
(正译)他是个叛徒。
5.A cat may look at a king.
(误译)一只猫都可以看到国王。
(正译)小人物也该有同等权利。
6.Even a hair of dog didn’t make him feel better.
(误译)即使一根狗毛也不会使他觉得好些。
(正译)即使是再喝解宿醉的一杯酒,也不会使他觉得好些。
7.Is he a Jonah?
(误译)他就是叫约拿吗?
(正译)他是带来厄运的人吗?
8.Jim is fond of a leap in the dark.
(误译)吉姆喜欢在黑暗处跳跃。
(正译)吉姆喜欢冒险行事。
9.A little bird told me the news.
(误译)一只小鸟将此消息告诉我。
(正译)消息灵通的人士将此消息告诉我。
10.Angela is a man of a woman.
(误译)安吉拉是个有妇之夫。
(正译)安吉拉是个像男人的女人。
11.Nellie is a man of his word.
(误译)内莉是他所说的那个人。
(正译)内莉是个守信用的人。
12.He paid a matter of 1000 yuan.
(误译)他付了1000元的货物账。
(正译)他大约付了1000元。
13.It is a nice kettle of fish! I have a stomachache.
(误译)这是一锅好鱼,(可惜)我胃痛。
(正译)真糟糕,我胃痛了。
14.She is a nose of wax.
(误译)她的鼻子是腊制的义鼻。
(正译)她没有主见。
15.Glen spent a small fortune on a tour round the world.
(误译)格伦花了一笔小钱周游世界。
(正译)格伦花了巨资周游世界。
16.He is very glad that his wife’s going to get a visit from the stork.
(误译)他为她的妻子将获得参观鹳鸟的机会感到非常高兴。
(正译)他为妻子即将生孩子感到非常高兴。
17.Archibaid was a whale at fishing in his young days.
(误译)阿奇比德年轻时捕鱼捕到了一条鲸鱼。
(正译)阿奇比德年轻时擅长捕鱼。
18.Is there a world of difference between Kenneth and Louie?
(误译)肯尼斯和路易是生活在不同的世界吗?
(正译)肯尼斯和路易之间有极大的不同吗? |