英语习语谚语成语用法精粹 宗教神话类3-17 as old as Methuselah

【字面理解】像玛士撒拉一样老

【英文解析】very old

【中文解析】比喻长寿，寿比彭祖

【典型例句】With scientific sanitation and hygiene, one can expect to become as old as Methuselah.随着科学卫生的 发展，人们可望寿比彭祖。

He is as old as Methuselah, as rich as a Jew, and as wise as Solomon'他寿比彭祖，富可敌国，且智慧过人。

He is as old as Methuselah. I have no use for him.他已 经老朽不堪了，我用不着这样一个人。

【注释】出自《圣经创世纪》第5章，耶和华降洪水毁灭 罪恶世界之前，犹太族长玛士撒拉“活了九百六十九 岁”;他的孙子就是筑方舟保存了地球各类动物的诺 亚(Noah)。后来玛士撒拉就成了 “长寿”的代名词， 但有时这个习语带有不敬的意味。