有沒有英語小故事（有中文翻譯）英語諺語

1. 人山人海：在詩詞用語（poetic expression）裏，老外也有使用："a (the) sea of faces"，頗有咱的"人山人海"的味道。例如：Looking out upon the sea of faces, Mr. A delivered a touching speech.（望著壹片人山人海的聽眾，A先生發表壹篇動人的演說。）Standing at his podium, President Clinton saw a sea of faces waving at him.（克林頓總統站在講臺上看到人山人海的人群揮手向他致意。）。可見，說話者通常要在臺上或高處，才有"人海"的感覺。因此，可以說："I saw a sea of faces from the top of the building. "但在平地的人群中，就不說："I saw the sea of faces."也不說："There is a sea of faces."只說："I saw a large crowd of people."

2、家家有本難念的經：有人譯成："Every family cooking － pot has a black spot."（意思是：每個家庭的鍋子都有黑色的汙點。）這樣說法，老外恐怕不能充分了解。不過老外最常的說法是："Many families have skeletons in the closet.（許多家庭的衣櫃裏都有骨骸，骨骸就是指家醜。）"；或者說："Every family has its own source of shame.（每個家庭都有自己的醜事）"；說白些，就是："Every family has its own problem."

3、天下無不散的宴席：有人直譯為："There are no feasts in the world which do not break up at last."老外聽後，也許很難體會其中意義。如果按照美語說法，也許更易理解："All good things come to an end."（意思是：所有好的事情，總有結束的壹天。）；假如是指好友最後也有分別的壹天，那麽可以說："Eventually, all bosom friends will drift apart." （bosom friend是指知心的好友）

4、平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳：有人照字直譯為："When times are easy, we do not burn the incense,but when the trouble comes, we embrace the feet of the uddha." 這種說法，老外也會壹知半解。美語裏壹般說法是："WorshipGod every day; not just in times of adversity.（要每天敬拜神，不是只在困難時。）"；對學生也可以說："If you study hard every day, exams will not seem overwhelming.（如果妳每天用功，考試就不會形成壓力。）"

5、掛羊頭，賣狗肉：有人照字直譯為："He advertises mutton, but sells dog's flesh."或"He hangs up a sheep's head at the shopfront and sells dog meat."這兩種譯法，恐怕老外都難理解，尤其談到"狗肉"，他們更會反感，因為狗是他們最愛的寵物，不過老外倒有相近的說法："He applied bait-and-switch factics in business.（他經商的策略是先引誘顧客來，再改變貨物的品質。）"，"Bait-and-switch"當名詞用，也可不用連字號"This store uses bait and switch policy."或者簡單的說："Let the buyer be aware!（讓消費者提高警覺）"或"Say one thing and do another."

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