中式英語之鑒:上梁不正下梁歪

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141. 上梁不正下梁歪。
    [誤] If the upper beam is crooked, the one below is necessarily so.
    [正] Fish begins to stink at the head.
    注:魚要腐爛頭先臭?西方人把中國人賦予建筑的喻義轉(zhuǎn)接到了食物身上,異曲同工吧!記得不要直譯哦!