中式英语之鉴:猴年马月

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182. 建好新的高速公路恐怕要等到猴年马月了。

[误] The new motorway won't be ready until monkey's year and horse's month.

[正] The new motorway won't be ready for donkey's years.

注：我们的“猴年马月”在英文中要用“驴年”表达，即 donkey's years。另外，英文中 till the cows come home 所表达的意思也与此相同，如：If you expect to get help from him, you will have to wait till the cows come home.