《三纸无驴》成语英译与典故

六十二、三纸无驴

从前有个读书人，

最喜欢卖弄自己有学问，

人们称他为“博士”，

可是他，听不出内含讽刺音。

有一次，他家买驴要写契约，

“博士”竟铺纸挥毫作诗文，

摇头晃脑哼唧唧，

几张素笺眨眼尽。

几张未见一“驴”字，

卖驴人，有事心急忙催问，

“你写的这些都是啥？”

博士说：“看起来，

你根本不懂诗和文。

‘驴’字马上就写到，

请你莫急坐安稳。”

到后来，“博士买驴”成笑谈，

以此嘲笑这样的人：

作文赋诗无要领，

废话连篇最气人。

离题万里谁愿读？

“三纸无驴”笑煞人。

Having Written Three Sheets of Paper Without the Donkey

There was a scholar，who liked to brag about himself.People called him doctor and he accepted it without noticing the hidden sarcasm.Once his family went to buy a donkey and a contract was to be made.

The“doctor”set his pen immediately to write a poem.He rocked his head and hummed along and several sheets of paper had been finished.Several sheets finished without mentioning one single word“donkey”.The donkey⁃seller was busy and asked hurriedly，“What the devil are you writing？”The learned doctor said，“It seems you know nothing a⁃bout poems and prose，‘donkey’will be reached soon，you just sit there and wait.”

Later on，the“doctor”buying a donkey became a laughing stock，that mocks those who haven't got the gift of writing poetry and prose，but stuffs his writing with nonsense and cliche.Gliding away from the main theme，who likes to read it？And the way the“doctor”was buying a donkey was ridiculous.