英语习语谚语成语用法精粹 宗教神话类3-17 as old as Methuselah

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【字面理解】像玛士撒拉一样老

【英文解析】very old

【中文解析】比喻长寿，寿比彭祖

【典型例句】With scientific sanitation and hygiene, one can expect to become as old as Methuselah.随着科学卫生的 发展，人们可望寿比彭祖。

He is as old as Methuselah, as rich as a Jew, and as wise as Solomon'他寿比彭祖，富可敌国，且智慧过人。

He is as old as Methuselah. I have no use for him.他已 经老朽不堪了，我用不着这样一个人。

【注释】出自《圣经创世纪》第5章，耶和华降洪水毁灭 罪恶世界之前，犹太族长玛士撒拉“活了九百六十九 岁”;他的孙子就是筑方舟保存了地球各类动物的诺 亚(Noah)。后来玛士撒拉就成了 “长寿”的代名词， 但有时这个习语带有不敬的意味。