中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴177

[误] 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：英语中的 fine weather friends 是指“顺境中的朋友”，其意思与我们的“酒肉朋友”是一样的，都是指“只能同甘，不能共苦的朋友”。