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smiled

a

grim

smile.(他狞笑。)

中文成语也有:

笑面虎a

wicked

person

with

a

hypocritical

smile

笑里藏刀a

smile

of

treachery或conceal

a

dagger

behind

a

smile

英文中也有笑里藏刀的意思,爸爸看到过一句a

woman

will

laugh

in

your

face

and

cut

your

throat。另有莎士比亚的macbeth悲剧里看到theres

daggers

in

mens

smiles.,跟中文的成语不谋而合。

英文中另有一个笑的字是laugh,笑的程度比smile重,有一句英文正好写出它跟smile的不同:a

vulgar

often

laugh,

but

never

smile;whereas

well-bred

people

often

smile,

but

seldom

laugh.意思是凡夫俗子常大笑,从不微笑;有教养的人常微笑,很少大笑。