中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒304
我那驕傲的鄰居居然被三歲小孩愚弄了，真是自己打自己的嘴巴。
[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)是個地道的美國口語，它指“做使自己丟臉的事”，如“被迫收回成命或承認錯誤”等。用在這里既能準確表達愿意，又十分地道。
參考例句：Don't do things that make you lose face. 千萬不能做使自己丟臉的事
