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why it's swine, why not pig?

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鲜花(25) 鸡蛋(7)
发表于 2009-4-29 11:56 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
With this customer, he felt himself, as it were, casting pearls before swine. 面对这个客商,他感到好像是在对牛弹琴。
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9 [( }0 t2 W- j" s* Vand from the above sentence, it even doesn't mean pig.
鲜花(152) 鸡蛋(1)
发表于 2009-4-29 13:16 | 显示全部楼层
swine    n.- _. b! `& k2 \3 _% n
1 : any of various stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long flexible snout especially : a domesticated one descended from the wild boar 0 c$ h. e' l! b' ^; t
2 : a contemptible person
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1 : HOG CHOLERA 6 b. X1 l/ h' `( A$ |7 T1 X
2 : an acute highly contagious usually fatal disease of swine that is caused by a double-stranded DNA virus (species African swine fever virus of the genus Asfivirus, family Asfarviridae), that resembles but is more severe than hog cholera, and that is indigenous to Africa. M4 ]8 X% b& H' s. z( P9 r
© 2005 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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The reason to use swine may be that it is more formal a word than pig.
鲜花(25) 鸡蛋(7)
 楼主| 发表于 2009-4-29 15:23 | 显示全部楼层
got u, tks a lot.
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-4-29 17:56 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
Swine Flu but not Pig Flu.
鲜花(5) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-4-29 21:41 | 显示全部楼层
pig, hog, swine 都含“猪”的意思。
& x2 d' G* K! r+ a; R0 p, ^0 R8 Xpig 是常用词, 指“猪”、“小猪”、“猪肉”, 如: roast pig 烤猪肉。
$ H8 k( ^5 Z5 O2 s' l9 c% shog 指“阉过供食用的公猪”, 尤指“重量超过一百二十磅的阉过的供食用的公猪”, 如: raise hogs 养猪。
% J, g4 R/ Z: C& R, jswine 是文学用语, 指“猪”, 有时借喻“讨厌的人”, 如: You swine! 你这个猪猡!
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鲜花(20) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-4-30 08:29 | 显示全部楼层
Great! Thank you !
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发表于 2009-4-30 09:51 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
原帖由 兰颜知己 于 2009-4-29 12:56 发表 9 @( M( j. ?) @! P, e; r1 |* O! b1 f8 o
With this customer, he felt himself, as it were, casting pearls before swine. 面对这个客商,他感到好像是在对牛弹琴。5 J4 b; L# U! }: d4 Q

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顺带说一句啊,要想说对牛谈琴的意思不要用这个casting pearls before swine,至少我知在加拿大他们一般不这么说。有时候这些词典真是害人。
鲜花(152) 鸡蛋(1)
发表于 2009-4-30 10:41 | 显示全部楼层
估计casting pearls before swine是个比较书面话的成语吧,大家都认识,但说话一般不那么说,否则被人说使用 big words.
鲜花(152) 鸡蛋(1)
发表于 2009-4-30 10:48 | 显示全部楼层
对牛弹琴  
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to cast pearls before swine
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to preach to deaf ears
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* D' `7 m- q0 h* dto talk over sb's head
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With this customer, he felt himself, as it were, casting pearls before swine.# o6 j+ _' `- w- u! J) ~
面对这个客商,他感到好像是在对牛弹琴。+ _4 ?6 t3 E* b, U
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She read them Shakespeare, but it was casting pearls before swine.
( o) @. w1 m* O, L1 G她为他们朗诵莎士比亚著作,但那等于对牛弹琴。
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An nod is as good as a wink to a Blind horse
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% T. r  G5 y4 ?play the lute to a cow; preach to deaf ears
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Their hints about his behaviour were water off a duck's back.
, Z9 Q. N: J* C他们示意他举止不当, 如同对牛弹琴.
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) v1 S, Z) z# F' c& W[ 本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-4-30 10:49 编辑 ]
鲜花(0) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2009-4-30 10:59 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
原帖由 billzhao 于 2009-4-30 11:41 发表 ( ]) d' ?1 k5 Y  V  r7 x9 y
估计casting pearls before swine是个比较书面话的成语吧,大家都认识,但说话一般不那么说,否则被人说使用 big words.
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我找了个老外确认了一下,他们好像完全不知有这个说法。
鲜花(152) 鸡蛋(1)
发表于 2009-4-30 12:56 | 显示全部楼层
可能
) R5 y0 a1 J) m7 G, i; H' q可能这种说法太书面语了,也可能out of date了。
1 D: C( u1 l; c# g9 L9 \: X也有可能外国人不爱学习,学问高的不多。  m. X) k' ?/ s
还有可能是人们的知识水平参差不齐,你问的那几个人在正态分布的尾端。
5 R& o% e" t! d: w, }; S, g, }不管怎么说,既然字典上有了,就是有这种说法,而且是相当的人知道这种说法,否则就不会遍到字典上去了
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