糊涂英語．咬文嚼字

cas/make sheep's eyes

Ken's been makiifg sheep'seyes at his ex-girlfriend all thenight．綿羊性格溫順，且一般斜視。16世紀幽默詩人約翰·斯克頓把綿羊的目光：(sheep'seyes)喻指“溫柔多情的目光”。castsheep'seyes即指“送秋波”“送媚眼”“投以含情脈脈的眼神”。上句可譯為： 肯整晚上都在含情脈脈地注視著他的前女友。

count sheep

I spent the whole night coun-ting sheep but l was still too Worriedto sleep．數羊(count、sheep)，指心中默數想像中的羊以求入睡。上句可譯為：我整晚都在數數，但仍然心煩得不能人睡。

like sheep

The poliffcians are like sheep，all afraid to act first，waiting tobe told what to do．綿羊性情溫順，膽小，因此sheep亦指“易受人擺布的人”。像綿羊一般(likesheep)，即指“無獨創精神”“無獨立性”。上句可譯為:政治家們沒有首創精神，都害怕帶頭行動，總是等待別人告訴他該做什么。 follow like sheep，盲從。Some people will follow their lead-ers like sheep and never reasonwhy they do so．有些人總是盲目地聽從領導，從不問個為什么。may/might as well be hanged/ hung for a sheep as a lamb

I'm going to be late for workanyway，so I think I'll go to theshop for a paper．I might as wellbe hanged for a sheep as a lamb。根據英國舊法律，凡是偷羊者一律處以絞刑。偷大羊要處死，偷小羊也要處死，既然都是一死寧可偷大羊(may as well be hahgedfor a sheep as lamb》。此語即喻指“一不做，二不林”。上句可譯為：反正上班要遲到，我想，一不做，二不休，干脆再到商店買份報紙。separate/tell the sheep from the goats

This test shold really separate the sheep from the goats．在《圣經》中常把好人比作綿羊，把壞人比作山羊。《圣經·新約·馬太福音》第25章第32節：(在審判的日子里耶穌基督將再現人世)萬民都要聚集在他面前。他要把他們分別出來，好像牧羊人分別綿羊山羊一般(separate the sheep from the goats)。此語即指“區別善惡、好壞、優劣”。上句可譯為：這種考試應該能夠真正區分考生的優劣。

咬文嚼字河谷

black sheep

敗類、害群之馬、不肖之徒(someone who isregarded by other members of their family or groupas a failure or embarrassment)。He's the blacksheep of the family．他是個敗家子。

lost sheep

迷途之羊，喻指誤人歧途的人(people goingastray)。Many people became lost sheep becausetheir shepherd led them astray．許多人成了迷途的羔羊，因為領路人把他們引入歧途。shoopthathavenOshepherd／sheepwithouta

shepherd

沒有牧人的羊群，喻指無依無靠的人；烏合之眾(disorderly people)。The deserters werescattered abroad，as sheep without a shepherd．那些被拋棄的人流落海外，就像沒有牧人的羊群，無依無靠。

sheepskin

羊皮紙，因美國，的畢業證書是用羊皮紙做的，故在美俗語中此語亦指文憑、畢業證書(diploma)。He received a sheepskin from Harvard in 2000，他于2006年獲得哈佛大學畢業文憑。