中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒312

[誤] That rich woman is covered with jewellery from head to foot.

[正] That rich woman is covered with jewellery from top to toe.

注：雖然人有十個(gè)腳趾，但英語(yǔ)的“從頭到腳”卻要用單數(shù)的 toe 來(lái)表達(dá)，這也是約定俗成的問(wèn)題。

參考例句：I can't wiggle my big toe 我不能動(dòng)我的大腳趾啊!