英译汉常见错误 | What can [do] you expect from a pig [hog] but a grunt? 狗嘴吐不出象牙。

［例句］　What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?
［误译］　除了呼噜呼噜声之外，你还能对一头猪期望些什么 ?
［原意］　狗嘴吐不出象牙。
［说明］　What can [do] you expect from a pig [hog] but a grunt?是英语谚语，相当于中国谚语“狗嘴吐不出象牙”。它与另一句英语谚语Look not for musk in a dog's kennel同义，其中，musk意为“麝香”，kennel意为“（狗）窝”。