a drop in the ocean 滄海一粟
within a stone's throw 一步之遙
kill two birds with one stone 一箭雙雕
(2)不等值翻譯
at sixes and sevens 亂七八糟
on second thoughts 再三考慮
by ones and twos 兩兩地,零零落落地
Two heads are better than one.三個臭皮匠勝過諸葛亮。
--Can you come down a little?
--Sorry, its one price for all.
你能便宜一點賣嗎?
對不起,不二價。
(3)不必譯出
One mans meat is another mans poison.人各有所好。
I'll love you three score and ten.我會一輩子愛你的。
Ten to one he has forgotten it.很可能他已經(jīng)忘了。
His mark in math is second to none in the class. 他的數(shù)學分數(shù)在班上是名列前茅的。
She is a second Lei Feng. 她是雷鋒式的人物。
I always believe my sixth sense. 我總相信我的直覺。
The parson official1y pronounced that they became one.牧師正式宣告他們成婚。
I used to study in France in the year one. 我早年曾在法國學習