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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; G4 J7 g, o7 _2 u' D  t
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and from the above sentence, it even doesn't mean pig.
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鲜花(152) 鸡蛋(1)
发表于 2009-4-29 13:16 | 显示全部楼层
swine    n.% y9 k$ y" M# w/ ~& b" Q* o
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
  l' E/ x4 r1 m$ l. Y7 V2 : a contemptible person
) Q  L/ h( x6 G6 w swine fever  
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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) r; {& R: J/ w5 A- x5 }" E, X# J
© 2005 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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/ C. j! e7 U/ |4 BThe 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。
& l$ Z4 L1 b4 n6 N. i! n* y) ppig 是常用词, 指“猪”、“小猪”、“猪肉”, 如: roast pig 烤猪肉。
# D& ?& C) g; y) @& E* b0 _2 ]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。
9 \! y6 }* _( W* k5 X+ H% iswine 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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7 V: S  P$ X: p(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
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原帖由 兰颜知己 于 2009-4-29 12:56 发表
5 h* O- `8 M6 j! N9 @+ Z5 |2 U! JWith 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。! p$ Q- n5 J% h& |

; q9 J# F# o9 h3 D% w/ X" zand 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
对牛弹琴    g  I3 T' S, S4 q" [

4 C# @! i8 i  r  I: }# wto play the lute to a cow :  offering a treat to a unappreciative audience
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6 M2 ]/ s, \; E3 U9 d4 nto cast pearls before swine
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caviar to the general
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to preach to deaf ears
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to talk over sb's head
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The whistle jigs to a milestone.2 f  ~, n. J: N, z2 F" x

6 x- K" U( [4 P8 }With this customer, he felt himself, as it were, casting pearls before swine.
4 k( |7 S0 `" d# _面对这个客商,他感到好像是在对牛弹琴。
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) `7 f, ~! h# [9 B. O9 OShe read them Shakespeare, but it was casting pearls before swine.+ S; r9 @0 C  ^* h: Z, O5 o
她为他们朗诵莎士比亚著作,但那等于对牛弹琴。, r5 z& J+ m9 q% ^* B8 h

' l! F# \( t! A" g3 eAn nod is as good as a wink to a Blind horse3 ?2 x" Y* Z' ^! W
对牛弹琴
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playing a harp before a Buffalo
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play the lute to a cow; preach to deaf ears  R3 O$ N3 p( c
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Their hints about his behaviour were water off a duck's back.
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' B& C4 Y9 H" U& b+ J- w: n' H[ 本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2009-4-30 10:49 编辑 ]
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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
) {6 h0 P; Z" P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
5 U. o% ~" m" ?& }( i. a可能这种说法太书面语了,也可能out of date了。
7 U+ p; K2 ~. [% H8 n也有可能外国人不爱学习,学问高的不多。
, n5 \: v7 g! \0 {1 _& p' c7 A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。. F2 X! S) s; g: ]5 Y& t% D% {3 O5 ~
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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