中式英語之鑑:酒肉朋友

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168. 湯姆破產以後，他的那些朋友都不見了 ---他們不過是一些酒肉朋友。

[誤] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but friends of wine
and meat.

[正] None of his friends has ever turned up since Tom went bankrupt ---they are nothing but fine weather
friends.

注：英語中的 fine weather friends 是指“順境中的朋友”，其意思與我們的“酒肉朋友”是一樣的，都是指“只能同甘，不能共苦的朋友”。