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牛头不对马嘴驴唇不对马嘴；驴头不对马嘴niú tóu bù duì mǎ zuǐhorses’jaws don’t match cows’ heads—incongruous; things that do not agree;ir relevant; incompatible; inharmonious
❍ 有时骂骂康、梁是～的立宪派。(李六如 《六十年的变迁》 Ⅰ—82)Sometimes they would speak bitterly of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao,calling them “the constitutional monarchists who resembled a horse’s mouth in a cow’s head.”/不管谁问他什么，他都站起来立正，～地说：“是！” (杜鹏程 《保卫延安》146) No matter what anyone said to him,he stood stiffly at attention and answered mechanically，“Yes,sir!”/太炎先生是革命的先觉，小学的人师，倘谈文献，讲说文，当然娓娓可听，但到攻击现在的白话，便～，即其一例。(鲁迅《且介亭杂文二集》144》 Mr Zhang Taiyan is a forerunner in the revolution,an authority on philology; if he speaks of ancient documents or philology,of course he is well worth listening to,but when he attacks the modern vernacular he misses the point completely.
❍ 陈正公听了这些话，驴头不对马嘴，急了一身的臭汗。(《儒林外史》594) The horse’s mouth didn’t fit the donkey’s head—this story didn’t tally with Whiskers Mao’s! Chen broke into a cold sweat. 牛头不对马嘴niu tou bu dui ma zuihorses’ jaws don’t match cows’ heads—incongruous; irrelevant 牛头不对马嘴inconsistency;be incongruous with;contradict each other;irrelevant 牛头不对马嘴niú tóu bù duì mǎ zuǐ比喻答非所问，或事物两不相合。irrelevant, far from the mark, incongruous, contradict each other |