"My son, fresh out of college, keeps telling me how to run my business. But I"ve been making good money for 30 years so he"s teaching a fish how to swim."
这位父亲说:“我的儿子大学刚毕业,可是他却不断地来告诉我应该怎么做生意。我三十年来生意做得很好,赚了不少钱。所以,他来告诉我怎么做生意简直是多余的。”
这个儿子可能还不知道自己在做傻事。可是,有的人在事后发现自己做了类似的傻事会感到很难堪。请听下面这个例子:
"The day after I got my private pilot"s license, I told this man at the party all about how to fly an airplane. Later I learned he was an airline pilot who flew jumbo jets -- I"d been teaching a fish how to swim."
这个人说:“我在得到飞行员执照后的一天,在一次聚会上告诉一个人怎么驾驶飞机。后来,我听说那个人是开大型喷气机的飞行员。我去告诉他怎么驾驶飞机真是多余,简直是班门弄斧。”
A fool may give a wise man counsel.
[谚] 愚者千虑必有一得。
[英语谚语]英语习语(1.30):to teach a fish how to swim
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