歇后語中譯英02:騎驢看唱本

Chinese allegories

歇后語

Two-part allegorical saying (of which the first part, always stated, is descriptive, while the second part, often unstated, carries the message)

騎驢看唱本 – 走著瞧

Reading a play while riding a donkey – wait and see

千里送鵝毛 -- 禮輕情意重

Goose feather sent from 500 kilometers away – a small gift sent from afar conveys deep feeling

秀才遇到兵 -- 有理講不清

A man with a pen encounters a man with a gun – you can't reach an agreement between the two kinds of people

肉包子打狗 – 有去無回

Throw a meat-stuffed bun at a dog – something gone, never to return

老鼠鉆進(jìn)風(fēng)箱里 -- 兩頭受氣

A rat sneaks into a bellows – get blame from both sides; be caught between the hammer and the anvil

狗咬呂洞賓 – 不識(shí)好人心

Snarl and snap at Lu Dongbin (one of the eight immortals in Chinese mythology) – mistake a good man for a bad one

大水沖了龍王廟 – 自家人不認(rèn)自家人

The flood inundates the temple of the Dragon King – People on the same side fight each other by mistake

鐵打的公雞 -- 一毛不拔

Iron cock – stingy person