中式英語之鑒:酒肉朋友

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168. 湯姆破產(chǎn)以后,他的那些朋友都不見了 ---他們不過是一些酒肉朋友。
    [誤] 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.
    注:英語中的 fine weather friends 是指“順境中的朋友”,其意思與我們的“酒肉朋友”是一樣的,都是指“只能同甘,不能共苦的朋友”。