idiomsrelatingtonumbers(有关数字的俗语谚语英译) 19页

Idiomsrelatingtonumbers Englishslangsfornumbers two"scompany,three"sacrowdThisissaidoftwopeople,particularylovers,whowouldprefertobealonetogetherratherthantohavesomeoneelsewiththem.MR.bulb OnallfoursIfsomeoneisonallfours,theycrawl. fiveo"clockshadowIt‘stherighttimetoshaveThisexpressionreferstoapatchofstubbleonthefaceofamanwhohasn"tshavedforatleastaday. bedresseduptotheninestobewearingveryfashionableorformalclothesforaspecialoccasione.g:Theymusthavebeenontheirwaytoaweddingorsomething.Theyweredresseduptothenines. Afoolat40isafoolforever.Ifsomeonehasn"tmaturedbythetimetheyreachforty,theyneverwill. Someotherslangs1.zeroinonsomething:Ifyouzeroinonsomething,youfocusallyourattentiononthatparticularthing.2.twopeasinapod:Twopeoplewhoareliketwopeasinapodareverysimilarinappearance.3.secondtonone（独一无二）：Somethingthatissecondtononeisexcellentormuchbetterthananyother. 4.sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother(半斤八两)：Thisexpressionmeansthattherisnorealdifferencebetweentwochoices;bothareequallygoodorequallybad.5.Sixesandsevens(乱七八糟)：Ifsomethingisallatsixesandsevens,thenthereisalotofdisagreementandconfusionaboutwhatshouldbedone. 6.catchtwentytwo：Acatch22situationreferstoafrustratingsituationwhereyoucannotdoonethingwithoutdoingasecond,andyoucannotdothesecondbeforedoingthefirst.7.twenty-four-seven：Thistermreferstosomethingwhichisavailableorhappenstwenty-fourhoursaday,sevendaysaweek. NumbersandTheirMeaningsasOnlineSlang 10q-"Thankyou"10x-"Thanks"（3）1337-"Leet",shortforelite(精英),oftenusedironically.224-"today,tomorrow,forever"2m-"tomorrow"4-"for"404-"Couldn"tfindit","Clueless"833r(orb33r,)-beerorotheralcoholicbeverages88,881or886"byebye"9494-"that"sit","that"sright","yousee?" Theoriginof(3)1337=elite当黑客编写漏洞开发程序时，他们通常会留下一个签名，其中最声名狼藉的一个就是elite。如果将eleet转换成数字，它就是31337，而当它是指他们的能力时，elite=eleet，表示精英。 ThetranslationofChineseSlangAboutnumbers（FromTextbook） TranslatethissentenceChinesenotonlyusenumberstoappealforgoodfortune,theyalsobringthemouttochewpeopleout:"You250(fool),youdothingsneitherthreenorfour(withoutanyorderoroutoftouch),andstillyoudaretosaythatI"m13points(stupid)and3-8(scatterbrained)."中国人不仅用数字求好运，还用数字骂人：“你这个二百五（呆子），你做事不三不四（不规矩），你还敢说我是十三点（愚蠢），说我是三八（心不在焉）。” Theoriginsof13points词义等同于痴头怪脑，愚昧无知。是沪语中使用率最高的词之一。“十三点”初时意谓“敲乱钟”，时钟敲出十三响，难道有十三点？当然是出了问题，正如俗语所讲癫癫地！据1922年般《上海指南，沪苏方言纪要》中释痴字共十三画，故沪人以“十三点”隐指痴显然这一解释比较符合。《梁山伯与祝英台》中“十八相送”一折戏中，祝英台向梁山伯反复暗送秋波，可梁竟傻乎乎的无动于衷。这是剧作者的艺术手法，故意为后来的悲剧所作的铺垫和伏笔。上海人口中的梁山伯与“两三八”谐音，这三个数相加是十三，讥讽梁山伯是“十三点”、“侬真是梁山伯，伊主动对侬有意思，侬还格能戆搭搭！” threeyangmakegoodfortune三阳开泰fortunecomesinpairs好事成双happinesscomesinpairs双喜临门illfortunenotcoming"alone."祸不单行eightcharacterhoroscope生辰八字66everythinggoessmoothly六六大顺Onesixeight,onthewaytosuccess一六八，一路发ifyouwanttosucceed,don"tstrayfromeight.要得发，不离八 everythingstartswithoneandcomesaroundagain万事始于一，周而复始sevengenerationslivingtogether七世同堂wealthflowingacrossthefourseas四海财源滚滚来 Thankyou!