中式英語之鑒:守口如瓶

267. 好吧，我告訴你。但你必須守口如瓶。
    [誤] OK,I\'ll tell you, on condition that you keep it as a bottle.
    [正] OK,I\'ll tell you, on condition that you be as dumb as an oyster.
    注：牡蠣是一種類似于蚌的水生有殼動(dòng)物。秘密在一個(gè)嘴巴閉得像牡蠣一樣緊的人那里是再安全不過了。英國(guó)是一個(gè)島國(guó)，牡蠣在那里十分常見，所以才有這樣的比喻。