“What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?”不是“除了呼噜呼噜声之外,你还能对一头猪期望些什么 ?”

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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 ? 【正确】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”。