中式英語之鑑:面如土色

348. 正在做壞事時卻被父親逮到了，他嚇得面如土色。

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[誤] He was caught by his father while doing something bad, and his face turned to the color of earth.

[正] Caught red-handed by his father, he was as white as a sheet.

注：西方人以白種人居多，他們無論受到怎樣的驚嚇都不會面如土色的，除非生了什麼病。所以直譯會令他們
費解，不如按他們的習慣來說。