第十一章 与汉语思维模式一致的结构(续9）

121. a wide canyon 鸿沟

122. You are a minnow in a vast ocean. 沧海一粟。

123. That's only a drop in the bucket. 沧海一粟，九牛一毛。

124. A law firm where from the outside everybody wanted to get in, and from the

inside, everybody wanted to leave .

律师事务所是一个外面的人想进去，里面的人想出来的地方。

125. A small problem turns it into a forest fire. 星星之火可以燎原。

126. A single spark can start a prairie fire. 星星之火可以燎原。

127. It had turned yellow because of age. 年久发黄了。

128. If you can change direction a little bit at the beginning, it's dramatic when it gets

few miles on space.

开始时失之毫厘，结果会谬以千里。

129. A miss is as good as a mile. 差之毫厘缪之千里。

130. They almost become like a one-trick pony. 江郎才尽，黔驴技穷。

131. And I actually drag him with me this afternoon. 今天下午我把他拽来了。

132. I am drawn like a moth to the flame. 我就像飞蛾扑火一样。

133. First, the tortoise is given a slight head start. 起初，乌龟被允许先跑一段距离。

134. Run around like a chicken with its head cut off. 像个无头苍蝇般乱撞。

135. See your soft underbelly. 看到自己的软肋。

136. There were founding mothers whispering smarter things in the ears of founding

fathers.

一些开国之母在开国之父耳旁轻声细语地指点一些高招。（吹枕边风）

137. So when the dust settles. 当一切搞定后。（尘埃落地）

138. I applauded with my two hands. 我双手赞成。

139. He is difficult to manage. 他难管理。

140. the overnight sensation a century in the making 台上十分钟，台下百年功。