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Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | English term or phrase: pushing on a rope | "Spending taxpayer dollars on transportation to "draw jobs and reverse economic decline" is like pushing on a rope. ...
So, it's not all that hard to push a rope - you just need to freeze it first."
My problem is how to translate the idiom accurately yet preserve the metaphor in the way it is understandable to Chinese. Thanks. |
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| | Chinese translation:力不从心 | Explanation:
like pushing on a rope
可翻译为“如同推绳子一样力不从心”
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fly away
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