一课译词:鼠目寸光

Tourists visit a lantern fair marking the Year of the Rat at Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai on Jan 13, 2020. [Photo by Wang Gang/For China Daily]

今年是鼠年，中文里有许多与“鼠”有关的成语，下面一起来学习一个“鼠”字成语吧。

“鼠目寸光”，字面意思是老鼠的眼睛只能看到一寸远（The eyes of a rat can see only an inch of light ）。用来形容“目光短浅，没有远见”，可以翻译为“as short-sighted as mice，see no further than one's nose”。

例句：

她太自私了，鼠目寸光。She is so selfish. She can see no further than the end of her nose.

只有鼠目寸光的人才看不见教育的重要性。

Only a short-sighted man will lose sight of the importance of education.

Editor: Jade

来源：chinadaily.com.cn