中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒173

[誤] He failed in the project and was poured the blood of dogs by his boss.

[正] He failed in the project and was given both barrels by his boss.

注：在這里，barrel 是“槍筒”的意思。而 give sb. both barrels 指連續(xù)射擊，狠狠打擊對(duì)手，不給他喘息的機(jī)會(huì)。它與中文的“狗血淋頭”不是一回事嗎?