How are you? How old are you?怎么是你？怎么老是你？

You ask me, me ask who?你问我，我问谁？

We two who and who?咱俩谁跟谁？

看过这一套经典的Chinglish，小伙伴们是不是都快笑翻了？学了新单词明白意思却不知该咋用，一个不小心你就会闹出貌似说得过去，其实更加逗比的Chinglish笑话。下面这些Chinglish已得正解，小伙伴们不如先试试自己会怎么翻，再看答案！

1.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。

[误] Some prefer radish but others prefer cabbage.

[正] Tastes differ.

注：Tastes differ/vary是句英语(精品课)谚语，除此以外，原句还可翻译成No dish suits all tastes或You can never make everyone happy等。

2.他一向嘴硬，从不认错。

[误] He has always got a hard mouth and never admit a fault.

[正] He never says uncle.

注：say (cry) uncle: to give up or in; to surrender; to admit defeat. Mainly used by boys, as when fighting。主要是男孩们打架时的用语，当一方想制服另一方时，就用命令的口气说：“Say uncle!”这时，有的孩子为了表示不服输，就是不说。后来，say uncle就成了“服输”的代名词，而not say uncle就相当于“嘴硬”了。

3.这个教授教得很烂。

[误] The professor teaches badly.

[正] The professor is so terrible.

注：有人认为第二句的意思是“这个教授很可怕”，其实不然。英语中terrible意思很灵活，例如：feel terrible指身体“不舒服”； The food is terrible则是说食物“难吃极了”。而第一句纯属中文式的表达。

4.我们这儿的人都觉得他有婚外恋。

[误] People around here all feel that he has affairs outside his own marriage.

[正] People around here all feel that he is leading a double life.

注：affair本身就指“私通”或“暧昧关系”，当然是“婚外”的事，所以outside one's own marriage无疑是多此一举了。英语中“有婚外恋”的地道说法应该是lead a double life。

5.别看别人不把她当回事，在家里她可是父亲的掌上明珠.

[误] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the pearl on her father's hand at home。

[正] Although other people never take her seriousy, she is the apple of her father's eye at home。

注：中英文常用不同的喻体表明相同的喻义，“掌上明珠”与the apple of one's eye就是一个很好的例子。这种情况我们一般应尊重各国文化和习俗，翻译时取目的语的固定说法，而不必直译，这有助于将意思更有效地传达给读者。the apple of one's eye源自圣经《旧约》，当时人们用apple指人的瞳孔。尽管瞳孔现在已经用pupil来表示，不再是apple了，但这一用法却延续了下来。

6.我希望你不要拖我的后腿。

[误] I hope that you won't pull my leg.

[正] I hope that you won't hold me back.

注：pull one's leg是“愚弄某人，开某人的玩笑”的意思，相当于make fun of sb.。英语中与“拖后腿”相对应的表达是hold sb. back或be a drag on sb.等。

7.嘿，小伙子，千万别灰心。

[误] Hey, lad, don't lose your heart.

[正] Hey, lad, don't lose heart.

注：lose one's heart (to sb.)是“心被……被俘虏去，爱上……”的意思，而lose heart才表示”灰心丧气，丧失勇气或信心”。

8.我们俩关系最好，他经常来我这儿白吃百喝。

[误] We are best friends. He always comes here to have meals for free.

[正] We are best friends. He always comes here to bum meals off me.

注：第一句只表明“他常到我这儿来白吃白喝”，但朋友这间那种亲密关系没有体现出来。而bum sth. off sb.指向非常熟的朋友要一些不起眼的小东西，而朋友也不会介意还不还。

9.原来如此。你一解释我就明白了。

[误] So it is. I understand soon after your explanation.

[正] So that's how it is. I understand soon after your explanation.

注：So it is的意思是“的确如此”，它是用来表示对对方观点的赞同的。例如：

A: It is a fine day today!

B: So it is。

而在表达恍然大悟时，英文要用So that's how it is或So that explains it,或更简单地道的说法Oh, I see。

10.干杯！要一饮而尽。

[误] ---Cheers! Bottom up.

[正] ---Cheers! Bottoms up.

注： bottoms up虽然只比bottom up多一个s，但是两个词组的意思却相差十万八千里。bottoms up里的bottom是指“(酒杯的)底部”，那么杯朝天就是“一饮而尽”的意思，而且因为干杯时肯定不止一人一饮而尽，所以要用复数；而bottom up表示“屁股朝天”。