City University of Hong Kong CLASS CLASS
Making Sense of Grammar
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your right brain has nothing right, your left brain has nothing left.这句话有什么典故吗
asked Mar 14, 2019 in Questions about English Grammar by 118060100120ldy (330 points)
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right 有“右侧”和“正确”的含义,“left”有“左侧”和“剩下”的含义,句中运用了多义词的不同义项。

翻译:你的右脑没有任何正确的,你的左脑没有(任何东西)。

语义接近成语“胸无点墨”。
answered Nov 13, 2020 by Ariel (34,480 points)
有人看见在澳洲汽车是靠左行驶觉得惊讶,当地人就会说:Left is right, right is wrong. 听起来很别扭, 但是这句话也是用了多义词的不同义项。

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