中式英語之鑑:此地無銀三百兩
209. 此地無銀三百兩。
[誤] There isn't 300 liang of silver buried here.
[正] A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence.
注：民間故事，有個人把銀子埋在土裏，上面寫了個字條：“此地無銀三百兩”；他的鄰居阿二把銀子偷走了，也寫了個字條：“隔壁阿二不曾偷。 ”
Folk tale. A man buried his silver in the ground and put up a note, saying: "Three hundred ounces of silver is not buried here." His neighbour Ah Erh stole the silver and also put up a note with this: "Your neighbour Ah Erh didn't steal it." ---A metaphor for one's being exposed by one's own vindication. 與上句一樣，對不清楚故事背景的人，只有把一切解釋得明白一點了。
