中式英語之鑑:自己打自己的嘴巴

305. 我那驕傲的鄰居居然被三歲小孩愚弄了，真是自己打自己的嘴巴。

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[誤] My arrogant neighbor was fooled by a three-year-old child. It's really like beating his own face.

[正] My arrogant neighbor was fooled by a three-year-old child, and he had to eat crow.

注：eat drow（吃烏鴉）是個地道的美國口語，它指“做使自己丟臉的事”，如“被迫收回成命或承認錯誤”等。用在這裏既能準確表達願意，又十分地道。