成語故事：天衣無縫（中英對照）

 　　【成語來源】

　　without loophole

　　天衣無縫

　　Long ago, there lived a man named Guo Han.

　　從前， 有一個叫郭翰的人。

　　It was a hot summer. He couldn't fall asleep in his bedroom, so he went into the yard to sleep.

　　因為夏天天熱， 在屋子里無法入睡， 就到院子里去睡覺。

　　Not long after he lay down he saw a woman dressed in white floating down from the sky.

　　躺下不久，正看著天空， 忽然看見一個白衣女子從空中慢慢飄流下來。

　　She said to him: "I am the celestial weaver."

　　她對郭翰說：“我是天上的織女。”

　　Looking at her Guo Han noticed that there were no seams in her garments.

　　郭翰看著這個女子，發(fā)現他的衣服全身無縫。

　　He thought this was very strange.

　　他覺得很奇怪。

　　He asked her: "Why are there no seams in your clothes?"

　　他就問她：“你的衣服怎么沒有縫呢?”

　　She answered: "The garments of the immortals are not made with a needle and thread. How would they have seams?"

　　女子回答：“天上神仙的衣服，不是用針線縫出來的， 怎么會有縫呢?”

　　【文化鏈接】

　　“天衣無縫”的意思現在大多引申為“事物周密完善，找不出什么毛病”，也就是“沒有漏洞的”意思，在英語中相對應的準確表達可以用“without loophole”，“loophole”就是“漏洞，法律空子”的意思，所以“without loophole”也就是“沒有漏洞的”，“天衣無縫”的意思啦。