[討論] a deer caught in the headlights

又是這種很難翻的... a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights 就是在形容你車開在鄉間的大馬路上 突然面前出現一頭鹿 在你的車頭燈刺眼的光芒壟罩之下 無辜的阿鹿或是阿兔整個嚇到無法動彈 大概是這樣子的一個畫面 後來被引申為 措手不及、驚慌失措 之類的意思 不過呢 這裡有段敘述是這樣的： there was the deer, perhaps a dozen yards away from us in the middle of our lane of traffic. He was unquestionably a deer caught in the headlights, but he didn’t have that stunned look the expression is intended to convey. He was lordly, and very much in command. 簡言之，這頭非比尋常的鹿並不像這句諺語(?)敘述的那樣驚慌失措， 反而是一副君臨天下、氣定神閒的姿態 問題來了： 這要怎麼翻到位阿！！！ 他無疑是頭俗話說的「被耀眼的車頭燈定格的鹿」，不過他一點也不像這俗語所要表達的 那樣瞠目結舌、不知所措 這什麼跟什麼啦 (／‵Д′)／~ ╧╧ 還真需要很大的恥力才能打得出這兩行字 ( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ 每次遇到這種該語言才有的表達方式都很頭痛 ~"~ 大概是我國文程度不夠好吧 想不出相對應的字眼 只想得到什麼驚弓之鳥、抓姦在床之類 但是意思完全不一樣阿 =,.= 不知各位有沒有什麼想法呢？ 謝謝 -- 《It was, he noted, a two-and-a-half-car garage, which was handy, he thought, if you happen to have two and a half cars.》 □■Hit List■□ by Lawrence Block -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)