中式英语之鉴:酒肉朋友

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中式英语之鉴:酒肉朋友

168. 汤姆破产以后,他的那些朋友都不见了 ---他们不过是一些酒肉朋友。


[误] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but friends of wine
and meat.


[正] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but fine weather
friends.


:英语中的 fine weather friends 是指“顺境中的朋友”,其意思与我们的“酒肉朋友”是一样的,都是指“只能同甘,不能共苦的朋友”。