例： 1、Look at the chaps in politics and business, whose whole lives were passed in skating on thin ice, and getting knighted for it. 看那些政治上和商業(yè)上的家伙們，他們整個兒的生活都是在風險中度過的，可是都因此封了爵。 注：to skate on thin ice 若直譯為“如履薄冰”，則會產(chǎn)生謹慎從事的聯(lián)想，有違原意。 2、to come like a dog at a whistle：一呼即來 3、Hilter was once as proud as a peacock. 希特勒曾是一個不可一世的家伙。 4、Mary and her mother are as like as two peas. 瑪麗和她媽媽長得一模一樣。 5、She likes to rubber-neck. 她愛問長問短。 6、start a hare：話離本題 7、to bring down the house：全場喝彩 8、plain sailing：一帆風順 9、to show one’s clean heels：逃之夭夭 10、to go on a wild goose chase：枉費心機 11、as greedy as a wolf：貪得無厭 12、Every bean has its black. 人皆有短處。
直譯加意譯 這種譯法既能保持原文的比喻形象，同時又能明白清楚地表達寓意。
例： 1、laugh off one’s head：笑掉了牙 2、break the earth：破土動工 3、wash off one’s hands：洗手不干、金盆洗手 4、There is no rose without a thorn. 玫瑰皆有刺，樂中必有苦。 5、Every flow has its ebb. 潮有漲落日，人有盛衰時。 6、A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滾石不生苔，轉業(yè)不聚財。 7、Every family is said to have at least one skeleton in the cupboard. 俗話說，衣柜里面藏骷髏，見不得人的事兒家家有。
