中式英语之鉴:猴年马月
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182. 建好新的高速公路恐怕要等到猴年马月了。
[误] The new motorway won't be ready until monkey's year and horse's month.
[正] The new motorway won't be ready for donkey's years.
注:我们的“猴年马月”在英文中要用“驴年”表达,即 donkey's years。另外,英文中 till the cows come home 所表达的意思也与此相同,如:If you expect to get help from him, you will have to wait till the cows come home.