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分類: 常用中文成語英譯(11~20畫以上)

虛驚一場

英譯：
a false alarm

例句：

  • John feared that he would not be able to pass the exam, but it was a false alarm. (約翰擔心考試不及格，結果只是虛驚一場)
  • Someone called to say there was a bomb inside the school, but it turned out to be a false alarm. (有人打電話來說，學校裡面有炸彈，結果只是虛驚一場)

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寶刀未老；老當益壯

英譯：
there's life in the old dog yet

例句：

  • Bill: I heard your grandpa will marry a woman who is 30. He's already 85! (比爾：我聽說你爺爺要娶一名 30 歲的女子。他已經 85 歲了！)
    Jack: There's life in the old dog yet. (傑克：他寶刀未老)
  • I may be 90 but there's life in the old dog yet. (我也許 90 歲，但我老當益壯)

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掌上明珠；心肝寶貝

英譯：
the apple of someone's eye

註：這成語不可寫成 the apple of the eye of someone，其中的 apple 原指「瞳孔」(pupil of the eye)，表示某人對自己非常重要，猶如自己的眼珠一樣珍貴。這成語都位在 BE 動詞之後。

例句：

  • The little girl is the apple of her mother's eye. (這小女孩是她母親的掌上明珠)
  • Henry is the apple of his grandfather's eye. (亨利是他爺爺的心肝寶貝)

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雜亂無章；亂成一團；亂象叢生；凌亂不堪

英譯：
in a shambles

例句：

  • Sarah made a (complete) shambles of the accounts. (莎拉把帳目記得雜亂無章)
  • The meeting ended in a complete shambles. (會議結束時亂成一團)
  • Corruption has left the country's economy in a shambles. (貪污腐敗已使這國家的經濟亂象叢生)

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輾轉反側

英譯：
toss and turn; twist and turn

例句：

  • I was in the hope that I had a good night's sleep but instead twisted and turned all night long because I was worried about my job. (我希望一夜好眠，但由於擔心自己的工作，反而整晚輾轉反側，難以成眠)
  • Bernard was tossing and turning all night. (柏納德整晚輾轉反側，難以成眠)

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勒緊腰帶

英譯：
tighten one's belt

例句：

  • Things are beginning to cost more and more. It looks like we'll all have to tighten our belts. (東西開始越來越貴。看來我們都要勒緊腰帶)
  • I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full time. (自從我不再全職工作以來，我一直得勒緊腰帶過日子)

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懷恨在心

英譯：
hold/bear/have a grudge (against someone)

例句：

  • She holds a grudge against the judge who sentenced her. (她對判她刑的法官懷恨在心)
  • Billy still has a grudge against Mary because she refused to go out with him years ago. (比利對瑪麗仍懷恨在心，因為多年前她拒絕跟他交往)

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隨機應變

英譯：
play it by ear

註：play it by ear 原意為聽過樂曲後不看樂譜僅憑記憶演奏。

例句：

  • I'm not sure how long I'll stay at the party. I'll just play it by ear. (我不確定我會在派對停留多久。我會隨機應變)
  • I haven't decided what to say when he comes; I'll play it by ear. (我還沒決定他來時要說什麼，到時隨機應變吧)

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眼冒金星；頭暈目眩

英譯：
see stars

例句：

  • I saw stars for hours after I hit my head against a wall last night. (昨晚我頭撞倒牆壁後數小時，我都眼冒金星，頭暈目眩)
  • The door hit me in the face and saw stars for a moment. (門撞在我的臉上，我頓時眼冒金星)
  • The pain made Anna see stars. (安娜痛得眼前直冒金星)

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