第十一章 与汉语思维模式一致的结构(续6）

71.That's about thirty five very rich New Yorkers and two token historians. They have

us there for window dressing.

共有 35 名非常富有的纽约人并象征性地请了两位历史学家，他们请我们装饰门面。

72. Which will open the door to us being able to talk. 打开天窗说亮话。

73. It's like taking the veil off my eyes. 豁然开朗。

74. It did not come out of a vacuum. 并非空穴来风。

75. become silosis（for a frog at the bottom of the well, the sky is very small）

坐井观天

76. To my knowledge which is limited, at least twice before he accepted.

据我所知，三顾茅庐后他才接受。

77. Chinese politeness calls for three refusals before one accepts an offer.

78. There is no valor in foolishness. 勇者无谋

79. They are beating him with a scourge so that they cut through the skin on his back

all the way to the bone.

他们用鞭子把他打得皮开肉绽，直到骨头。

80. A grain of dust may be as wonderful as a whole mountain. 一叶知秋。

81 A single flower may reveal as much as a whole forest. 一叶知秋。

82. He runs off with another woman. 与另一个女人跑了。

83. He is going to have a bark that's much bigger than his bite. 雷声大雨点小。

84. We will be completely head over heels into internaitonalism.

我们开始彻底转向国际主义。

85. Wilson is between a rock and a hard place. 威尔森进退两难，前有狼后有虎。