中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒304

[誤] My arrogant neighbor was fooled by a three-year-old child. It\'s really like beating his own face.

[正] My arrogant neighbor was fooled by a three-year-old child, and he had to eat crow.

注：eat drow(吃烏鴉)是個(gè)地道的美國(guó)口語(yǔ)，它指“做使自己丟臉的事”，如“被迫收回成命或承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤”等。用在這里既能準(zhǔn)確表達(dá)愿意，又十分地道。

參考例句：Don't do things that make you lose face. 千萬(wàn)不能做使自己丟臉的事