英译汉常见错误 | Wash one's dirty linen at home. 家丑不可外扬

［例句］　Wash your dirty linen at home.
［误译］　在家里洗你的脏亚麻布衣服吧!
［原意］　家丑不可外扬。
［说明］　Wash one's dirty linen at home意为“家丑不可外扬”，与Don't wash your dirty linen in public同义。其反义语是Wash one's dirty linen (in public)（张扬家丑）。