查询词典 old wives' tale

There is an old wive's tale that says that if you eat within an hour of swimming you will get cramp.

有个古老的迷信故事说道，如果你在游泳期间的一个小时之内进食，那么你就会抽筋。

It is almost certain that this strange old wive's tale has come about because of the appearance of wart-like growths on many toads.

大体上讲，之所以会有这样奇怪的迷信故事是因为在很多的蟾蜍上出现了疣样的生长物。

Is twice as good for you as sleep after that hour At the time, like most young people, I regarded this proverb as an old wive's tale with no relevance to my own life.

当时，我像绝大多数年青人一样，认为这一句谚语是跟我自己的生活毫无关系的，这是一句不知老太婆们瞎编的愚蠢的话。

Garfield: The saying,"Nervous as a cat", is an old wive's tale.

有人用"热砖上的猫"形容紧张不安，那绝对是瞎掰

Almost all of us have, at some time, been chided by a parent or grandparent who has been mislead by an old wive's tale.

有时候，我们大多数人都会受到被迷信的故事误导的母亲或祖父祖母的责备。

On a recent day, as Ms. Dhara recounted her tale, 21-year-old Gora Chand Dey nodded in approval.

最近的一天，当达拉讲述自己的经历时， 21岁的戈拉·钱德·德伊也表示赞同。

Now come off it, Harry. It is the same old tale.

好了，不要吹牛皮了，哈里，又是那一套。

I do not know what haunts me , What saddened my mind all day; An age-old tale confounds me , A spell I cannot allay .

不知道什么缘故，我是这样的悲哀，一个古代的童话，我总是不能忘怀。

Movies: A war tale in the guise of old Hollywood delivers little satisfaction - Based on the Joseph Kanon novel, Steven Soderbergh's "The Good German" stars George Clooney as Jake Geismer, an American journalist who, following World War II, returns to Germany to check out the doings at Potsdam and find his lost love, Lena, played by a vamping Cate Blanchett....

电影：一场战争故事的好莱坞旧作幌子不大满意-基于约瑟夫kanon小说，史蒂文soderbergh的&好德&作为'geismer明星乔治clooney，一位美国记者，二次世界大战后，回到德国看看在波茨坦找回失去的所作所为爱莱娜，发挥了整顿美食blanchett

His first effort, in three languages, was a re-creation of an old folk tale about, what else, a boy and his donkey.

他出版的第一个本书，就是改编于一个男孩和他的驴子的民间故事。

You can buy sweetened beverages, if that suits you.

你若喜欢的话，可以买些含有糖精的混合饮料。

As many of you are probably aware, Nick and Vanessa were recently faced with an embarrasing sex scandal after naked pictures of the two getting jiggy with it in a hot tub surfaced the net.

正如很多你可能知道，尼克和 Vanessa 最近面临一个尴尬的绯闻事件后，赤裸裸的图片两个越来越jiggy与它在浴缸中的一个热点浮现净。