中式英語之鑑:信口開河

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148. 他老是信口開河。

[誤] He is always making his mouth flow like a river.

[正] He is always shooting off his mouth!

注：中國人的這一比喻西方人是無論如何也理解不了的，他們不僅體會不到其中的誇張，還會以爲這個人整天
口水直流呢！