中式英語之鑑:鬼迷心竅

382. 最近許多女孩都鬼迷心竅似的一心只想嫁個外國人。

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[誤] 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“帽子裏有隻蜜蜂”，但它的真正意思是“想得入了迷”，與“鬼迷心竅”是一個意思。又如：She never stops talking about dieting---she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it（她不停地談論節食---完全鬼迷心竅了）。