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Obviously she is pulling his leg.
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原译：
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她显然是在拖他的后腿。
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辨析：
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这又是一个从字面出发想当然的错误套译。pull someone’s leg和中文的“拖后腿”挨不上，是“骗人”的意思，尤其指开玩笑或愚弄某人。所以原句的确切意思是：她显然是在跟他开玩笑。
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英语中涉及到leg的习语很多，有的很容易看出其意思，如：
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The boys ran as fast as their legs could carry them.男孩们拼命地跑。恨不得长四条腿（腿能跑多快就跑多快）。
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Two months after the operation she was able to get on her legs again.手术之后两个月，她又能站起来了。
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The workmen were never off their legs the whole day.工人们整天不得闲（老得站着）。
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有的略有转义，但仍能猜出其意思，如：
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He began to stand on his own legs ever since fifteen when his parents died.15岁那年他父母去世后，他就自立了。
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If you took the matter to court，you wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.假如你把此事弄到法庭上去，你是理亏的（站不住脚的）。
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有的则完全是英语习惯说法，很难从字面看出其意思，如：
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That fellow is all legs.那家伙是个瘦高个子。
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He has got his ice legs very soon.他很快就学会了溜冰。（把“溜冰”的本领说成有ice legs，简单而形象，类似的说法还有get one’s sea legs，意为学会在颠簸的船上站稳。）
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If I could get a leg in，I could surely convince him.他要是信得过我，我肯定能说服他。（get a leg in的意思是“取得某人信任”。）
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It’s nine o’clock.Show a leg,all of you!已经9点钟了，你们都给我起来！ （show a leg是口语用语，意思是“露面”或“起床”，注意不定冠词a不能漏掉，show leg是“逃跑”的意思。）
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千万不要想当然地猜，如：have a bone in one’s leg不是“坚强”，而是“腿动不了”（常用做不肯去某地的借口）；而have hollow legs不是“（腿里空空的）没有力气”，是“饭量很大”（食物一直可以灌到腿里）。
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翻译辨误 [:1705055022]
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翻译辨误 126 “烧地”是什么意思？
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原文：
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The shock brigade burned the earth and got to the appointed position in 30 minutes.
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