中式英語之鑒:熱鍋上的螞蟻

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220. 吉爾的作業(yè)找不到了,急得像熱鍋上的螞蟻。
    [誤] Failing to find her homework, Jill is just like an ant on a hot pan.
    [正] Failing to find her homework, Jill is just like a cat on a hot tin roof.
    注:試想,炎熱的夏天,可憐的貓在曬得發(fā)燙的錫房頂上腳板都快被烤熟了,它既不敢跳下去,又不能飛到天
    上,其處境豈不是酷似“熱鍋上的螞蟻”?