英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事病入膏肓
In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時(shí)期,770-476 BC), King Jing of the State of Jin (晉國(guó)) fell ill. And he heard that there was a doctor of exceptional skill, so he dispatched person to invite the doctor.
春秋時(shí)期,晉景公有一次得了重病,聽(tīng)說(shuō)秦國(guó)有一個(gè)醫(yī)術(shù)很高明的醫(yī)生,便專(zhuān)程派人去請(qǐng)來(lái)。
One night he dreamed that the disease turned into two little kids talking beside him.
有一晚,晉景公恍惚中做了個(gè)夢(mèng)。夢(mèng)見(jiàn)了兩個(gè)小孩,正悄悄地在他身旁說(shuō)話。
One said, “I’m afraid the doctor will hurt us.”
一個(gè)說(shuō):“那個(gè)高明的醫(yī)生馬上就要來(lái)了,我看我們這回難逃了,我們躲到什么地方去呢?”
The other said, “Do not worry. We can hide above ‘huang’ and below ‘gao’. Then the doctor will be able to do nothing to us.”
另一個(gè)小孩說(shuō)道:“這沒(méi)什么可怕的,我們躲到肓的'上面,膏的下面,無(wú)論他怎樣用藥,都奈何我們不得!
The next day, having examined the king, the doctor said, ‘Your disease is incurable, I am afraid, Your Majesty. It’ above huang and below gao, where no medicine can reach.’
翌日,秦國(guó)的名醫(yī)到了,立刻被請(qǐng)進(jìn)了晉景公的臥室替晉景公治病。診斷后,那醫(yī)生對(duì)晉景公說(shuō):“這病已沒(méi)辦法治了。疾病在肓之上,膏之下,用灸法攻治不行,扎針又達(dá)不到,吃湯藥,其效力也達(dá)不到。這病是實(shí)在沒(méi)法子治了!
The idiom indicates a hopeless condition.
這個(gè)成語(yǔ)意喻事情到了無(wú)可挽回的地步。
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