成语故事:画蛇添足



　 楚国有户人家祭祀祖先，赏了一壶酒给几个门客喝。

　　几个门客商议说："一壶酒不够大家喝，一个人倒可以喝个够。不如这样，我们每人在地上画一条蛇，谁先画好，这壶酒就归谁喝。"

　　大家都同意了。

　　有个人最先画成了蛇，伸手把酒壶拿了过来，左手端着酒壶，右手却还在画着，嘴里说："我还能为蛇添上足！"

　　谁知，他的蛇足还没画完，另一个人已经画好了蛇，伸手从他手上把酒壶夺了过去，说："蛇本来就没有足，你怎么能够为它添足呢？"说罢，便喝起酒来。

　　画蛇添足的人终究没有能够喝那壶酒。

　



　　A wealthy family held a memorial ceremony for their anscestors．After

the ritual, the host offered a jar of wine to his dependents．The men began to talk about the jar of wine,"The wine is just not enough for all of us,but too much for one of us．How about each of us drawing a snake on the ground？Who finishes drawing the snake first,the wine will go to him．"This proposal was agreed upon by all．

　　One　man completed his drawing first and got the jar wine．Then he held the jar in his left hand,brush in the right hand,saying,"I can add legs to the snake．"

　　But before he finished drawing the snake's feet,another man completed his drawing．He seized the jar of wine from the first man's hand,saying:"Snakes have no legs at all．Why are you adding legs to it？"In the meantime,he began to enjoy the wine,leaving the other man stupified．



"画蛇添足"这个成语比喻做了多余而不恰当的事，反而把事情弄糟了。

　　This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.

最后由 最懒的珊 于 2006-08-18 10:40 编辑


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