中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒351

[誤] The web of God is so broad that the criminal who had been away for as long as two years was finally caught.

[正] The mills of God grind slowly and the criminal who had been away for as long as two years was finally caught.

注：“天網(wǎng)恢恢”后面常省略“疏而不漏”，它是指法律的效力無處不在，犯罪分子必將受到懲罰。相同的意思，而英文卻用“上帝的磨碾得極慢(但卻很細(xì))”來表達(dá)。