中式英語之鑒:笑掉大牙

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214. 你怎么做出那樣愚蠢的事情?真是讓人笑掉大牙。
    [誤] What a fool you are to do such a thing! That really makes people laugh off their front teeth.
    [正] What a fool you are to do such a thing! That really makes people laugh off their head.
    注:“笑掉頭”可比“笑掉門牙”更嚴(yán)重,看來英國人比我們還夸張。