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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
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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。, |# M( }/ ]* I- d+ Y
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and 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.
8 ^' m+ a% O& Q# P. Z% f- S1 : 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
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swine fever  2 q: s% ~, B7 E+ l" |/ g; a
1 : HOG CHOLERA
$ a( M% ^: `8 d, E9 ?+ T2 : 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
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The reason to use swine may be that it is more formal a word than pig.
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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。
4 y5 \, l  @, X; D* dpig 是常用词, 指“猪”、“小猪”、“猪肉”, 如: roast pig 烤猪肉。: V' D5 A1 w2 }
hog 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。6 V' e- T  E+ v  \- X
swine 是文学用语, 指“猪”, 有时借喻“讨厌的人”, 如: You swine! 你这个猪猡!/ s4 ?" ?0 H/ V" y9 s  O) F# a

5 b; f3 g4 [  o$ ?(转自金山词霸)
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
. m- D" e$ C+ o+ q) vWith 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。& }/ B0 R) \' ^. k
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and from the above sentence, it even doesn't mean  ...
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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.
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发表于 2009-4-30 10:48 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
对牛弹琴  / K, \  T& ~5 o# n- B) B
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to play the lute to a cow :  offering a treat to a unappreciative audience# q1 y% @/ i* y+ h

* ^! A, o1 O0 a! ~) X5 wto cast pearls before swine
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caviar to the general
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to preach to deaf ears  p4 ]: W5 r3 t) e1 d1 {( C5 Z

: ?, r9 s. C- gto talk over sb's head
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4 j, p6 j& k3 B6 @* mThe whistle jigs to a milestone.2 }' F6 n% D  G" }2 j6 i) I

2 m0 w$ K2 A# \9 P% J0 iWith this customer, he felt himself, as it were, casting pearls before swine.% D9 j& Y& |# }8 `% h
面对这个客商,他感到好像是在对牛弹琴。/ l2 g6 o3 m) o+ s5 I* L1 C

+ ?% W: H  E3 k8 t: hShe read them Shakespeare, but it was casting pearls before swine.
. y/ [0 e& w. [她为他们朗诵莎士比亚著作,但那等于对牛弹琴。* a6 o* R" e# h% |# n1 s
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An nod is as good as a wink to a Blind horse" H$ ]( R5 K! G! u( d  W5 a
对牛弹琴
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; p* G; m/ n& O9 c8 D" }8 C playing a harp before a Buffalo
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play the lute to a cow; preach to deaf ears) J/ ^5 X4 {7 }# G) t: G

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6 ~0 X8 j: }. vtalk to a Brick wall+ M- W0 I7 s- i8 a: l, v0 w
对牛弹琴
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Their hints about his behaviour were water off a duck's back.- @( k8 \) y. D1 E) E! r. q2 h
他们示意他举止不当, 如同对牛弹琴.
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) r, Y+ I; Z1 i) F/ T: e[ 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
4 {- S) }# ], e. ~1 D/ ~  ~. J, h4 C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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+ e5 o  ?& s0 s3 W% G  ?- R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' y- ~8 J3 u, [
可能这种说法太书面语了,也可能out of date了。
, M$ K1 q" Y8 k4 F3 T, ?也有可能外国人不爱学习,学问高的不多。
6 |' R8 i5 X' M. U( z9 t& m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。
3 r2 `7 i/ v) V9 z) f4 L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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