用英語(yǔ)說(shuō)成語(yǔ):打草驚蛇（雙語(yǔ)）

In ancient times there was a county magistrate who took bribes and practised graft. One day, somebody sent him a petition accusing his secretary of practising graft and taking bribes. The magistrate trembles when he read the petition. He wrote on it:"You have beaten the grass and frightened a snake."

This idiom refers to alerting the target of one's scheme by being incautious.

唐朝的時(shí)候，有一個(gè)名叫王魯?shù)娜耍谘瞄T(mén)做官的時(shí)候，常常接受賄賂、不遵守法規(guī)。有一天，有人遞了一張狀紙到衙門(mén)，控告王魯?shù)牟肯逻`法、接受賄賂。王魯一看，狀紙上所寫(xiě)的各種罪狀，和他自己平日的違法行為一模一樣。王魯一邊看著狀紙，一邊發(fā)著抖：“這…這不是在說(shuō)我嗎?”王魯愈看愈害怕，都忘狀紙要怎么批，居然在狀紙上寫(xiě)下了八個(gè)大字：“汝雖打草，吾已蛇驚。”意思就是說(shuō)你這樣做，目的是為了打地上的草，但我就像是躲在草里面的蛇一樣，可是被大大的嚇了一跳了!

后來(lái)，大家就根據(jù)王魯所寫(xiě)的八個(gè)字“汝雖打草，吾已蛇驚”，引伸為“打草驚蛇”這句成語(yǔ)。

打草驚蛇【翻 譯】beating the grass and flushing out the snake.