少兒英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事:病入膏肓(中英對(duì)照)
來源:英語(yǔ)聯(lián)盟發(fā)布時(shí)間:2013-06-16
【成語(yǔ)來源】
have one foot in the grave
病入膏肓
In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時(shí)期,770-476 BC), King Jing of the State of Jin (晉國(guó)) fell ill. And he heard that there was a doctor of exceptionalskill, so he dispatchedperson to invite the doctor.
春秋時(shí)期,晉景公有一次得了重病,聽說秦國(guó)有一個(gè)醫(yī)術(shù)很高明的醫(yī)生,便專程派人去請(qǐng)來。
One night he dreamed that the disease turned into two little kids talking beside him.
有一晚,晉景公恍惚中做了個(gè)夢(mèng)。夢(mèng)見了兩個(gè)小孩,正悄悄地在他身旁說話。
One said, “I’m afraid the doctor will hurt us.”
一個(gè)說:“那個(gè)高明的醫(yī)生馬上就要來了,我看我們這回難逃了,我們躲到什么地方去呢?”
The other said, “Do not worry. We can hide above ‘huang’ and below ‘gao’. Then the doctor will be able to do nothing to us.”
另一個(gè)小孩說道:“這沒什么可怕的,我們躲到肓的上面,膏的下面,無論他怎樣用藥,都奈何我們不得。”
The next day, having examined the king, the doctor said, ‘Your disease is incurable, I am afraid, Your Majesty. It’ above huang and below gao, where no medicine can reach.’
翌日,秦國(guó)的名醫(yī)到了,立刻被請(qǐng)進(jìn)了晉景公的臥室替晉景公治病。診斷后,那醫(yī)生對(duì)晉景公說:“這病已沒辦法治了。疾病在肓之上,膏之下,用灸法攻治不行,扎針又達(dá)不到,吃湯藥,其效力也達(dá)不到。這病是實(shí)在沒法子治了。”
The idiom indicates a hopeless condition.
這個(gè)成語(yǔ)意喻事情到了無可挽回的地步。
【文化鏈接】
英文中“病入膏肓”可以說成“have one foot in the grave”,就是“一只腳在墳?zāi)估?rdquo;的意思,形容一個(gè)人已經(jīng)行將就木,病的很重。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)與中文一樣,可以引申指“事態(tài)很嚴(yán)重”,比如可以說“某國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)已經(jīng)病入膏肓”就可以說“……economy already has one foot in the grave”。
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