中式英语之鉴:鬼迷心窍

382. 最近许多女孩都鬼迷心窍似的一心只想嫁个外国人。

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[误] Nowadays, many girls seem to be bewitched by ghosts and they are determined to marry foreigners.

[正] Nowadays, many girls seem to have a bee in their bonnets and they are determined to marry foreigners.

注：have a bee in one's bonnet 的字面意思是“帽子里有只蜜蜂”，但它的真正意思是“想得入了迷”，与“鬼迷心窍”是一个意思。又如：She never stops talking about dieting---she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it（她不停地谈论节食---完全鬼迷心窍了）。