英语四六级补充资料：汉语习语的英文说法

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　　1.【不妙】something is to pay

　　The manager had a hunch that something was to pay.

　　经理感到事情有些不妙。

　　汉语的"有些不妙"或"有点不对头"的概念常可用something is to pay的句式来表示。这一短语常和feel或have a hunch that连用。

　　Dialogue

　　Bob: Didn't you see the writing on the wall?

　　Sue: I even didn't have the slightest hunch.

　　Bob: But you should be prepared for such an outcome.

　　Sue: I had too much confidence in him.

　　Bob: But he ruined your business.

　　Sue: Well, if I knew there would be something to pay, I wouldn't should chalk it up to experience.

　　Bob: Well, you should chalk it up to experience.

　　Sue: You're right.

　　2.【眼中钉】a thorn in someone's flesh

　　I wonder why I become a thorn in their flesh. I've never harmed them.

　　不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。我可从未错待过他们。

　　我们说的"眼中钉"与英美人讲的a thorn in someone's flesh指的是一回事，

　　虽比喻有异，但意思相同。与此说法相似的还有"刺耳的话"(a flea in someone's ear)。

　　Dialogue

　　Frank: I don't know why I should become a thorn in the John's flesh.

　　Betty: You mean your boss?

　　Frank: Yeah. He seems to bear me a grudge.

　　Betty: That's because you are too much on the ball.

　　Frank: But why should that make him hate me?

　　Betty: That's because you put him in the shade.

　　3.【馋得流口水】make someone's mouth water

　　The delicacies on the table make him mouth water.

　　桌上的美味佳肴馋得他直流口水。

　　"使某人流口水"指"使某人垂涎"，是地道的汉语口语。这一概念一般是用make someone's mouth water的句式来表达的。