台灣俗語的智慧(24)

台灣俗語的智慧(24)

1)    呣知天地幾近重

= 不知天高地厚。中原人用天的高度及地的厚度比喻宇宙之大；台灣人則認為天地一體故以重量計算。

直譯：not knowing how much heaven and earth weigh.

意譯：a person too childish or naïve; one ignorant of how serious things are

2)    小漢偷挽瓠，大漢偷牽牛

小漢，未成年；大漢，已成年。挽=採= pick；偷牽=帶走；偷竊(自行車、摩托車、牛、馬、羊、鹿等)

直譯：When a child, a person will steal a bottle gourd, however, when grown up, he will steal a cow. (前者輕罪，後者重罪)

意譯：When a child, a person may commit a misdemeanor；when grown up, he will commit a felony of theft.

l  misdemeanor是罰款或短期拘留的輕罪；felony則是一年以上有期徒刑

3)    龍眼試，鳳梨彈，拔仔揑到爛

指挑選水果的方法，龍眼試吃，鳳梨用手指彈，聲音堅實表示新鮮 ，番石榴則用腕力壓，耐壓的表示新鮮。

英譯：There are different ways in picking out good fruits: for longan by testing; for pineapples, by gentle knocking of fingers；for guavas by pressing with wrists.

01/25/2014

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