「一個巴掌拍不響」用英文怎麼說?|Aug.21

365天地道英語學習

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習語學習時間｜孤掌難鳴

it takes two to tango: said when you want to emphasize that both people involved in a difficult situation must accept the blame 兩個人一起闖了禍需要兩個人共同承擔後果

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例句

Let's face it. You can not pull it off on your own. Just ask for her help. It takes two to tango.

面對現實吧，你不可能一個人搞定這件事，就去找她幫幫忙吧，兩人合作才可行。

We didn't agree on anything. You walked out the door and made that decision by yourself. It takes two to tango.

我們可沒商量好任何事情，是你走了然後自己做的決定，兩個人一起才叫商量好。

It takes two to tango. Who was your accomplice?

一個巴掌拍不響，你同夥是誰啊？

In the United States in the 1920s, the Latin American dance called the tango became popular, and so did this expression.在20世紀20年代的美國，拉美舞蹈探戈舞盛行，該習語也隨之風靡。

Just as it takes two dancers to do the tango, there are certain activities that need the cooperation of two people in order to work. For many books, one person writes the words and another draws the pictures. There are a lot of other activities in which "it takes two to tango."就像探戈舞需要兩個舞者表演一樣，某些活動也需要兩個人共同合作完成。比如很多書，都需要一位寫手和一位畫手。還有很多活動都是「孤掌難鳴」的。

The open-ended possibilities of this idiom are available for a wide range of prospective applications: it takes two to cooperate, it takes two to make a bargain, it takes two to make a quarrel.這個習語有很多開放式的解讀，因此它也有很多用法：孤掌難鳴、兩個人才叫商量、一個巴掌拍不響。

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詞彙

burden [ˈbɜːdn] 負擔，重任

light [laɪt] 輕的