中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒208

[正] A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence.

注：民間故事，有個(gè)人把銀子埋在土里，上面寫(xiě)了個(gè)字條：“此地?zé)o銀三百兩”;他的鄰居阿二把銀子偷走了，也寫(xiě)了個(gè)字條：“隔壁阿二不曾偷。 ”

Folk tale. A man buried his silver in the ground and put up a note, saying: "Three hundred ounces of silver is not buried here." His neighbour Ah Erh stole the silver and also put up a note with this: "Your neighbour Ah Erh didn\'t steal it." ---A metaphor for one\'s being exposed by one\'s own vindication. 與上句一樣，對(duì)不清楚故事背景的人，只有把一切解釋得明白一點(diǎn)了。