用英語(yǔ)說(shuō)成語(yǔ):病入膏肓（雙語(yǔ)）

In the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋時(shí)期,770-476 BC), King Jing of the State of Jin (Jìn guó 晉國(guó)) fell ill. One night he dreamed that the disease turned into two small figures talking beside him. One said, ‘I’m afraid the doctor will hurt us.’ The other said, ‘Do not worry. We can hide above huang and below gao. Then the doctor will be able to do nothing to us.’ The next day, having examined the king, the doctor said, ‘Your disease is incurable, I am afraid, Your Majesty. It’ above huang and below gao, where no medicine can reach.’

The idiom indicates a hopeless condition.

春秋時(shí)期，晉景公有一次得了重病，聽(tīng)說(shuō)秦國(guó)有一個(gè)醫(yī)術(shù)很高明的醫(yī)生，便專程派人去請(qǐng)來(lái)。醫(yī)生還沒(méi)到。晉景公恍惚中做了個(gè)夢(mèng)。夢(mèng)見(jiàn)了兩個(gè)小孩，正悄悄地在他身旁說(shuō)話。一個(gè)說(shuō)：“那個(gè)高明的醫(yī)生馬上就要來(lái)了，我看我們這回難逃了，我們躲到什么地方去呢?” 另一個(gè)小孩說(shuō)道：“這沒(méi)什么可怕的，我們躲到肓的上面，膏的下面，無(wú)論他怎樣用藥，都奈何我們不得。” 不一會(huì)兒，秦國(guó)的名醫(yī)到了，立刻被請(qǐng)進(jìn)了晉景公的臥室替晉景公治病。診斷后，那醫(yī)生對(duì)晉景公說(shuō)：“這病已沒(méi)辦法治了。疾病在肓之上，膏之下，用灸法攻治不行，扎針又達(dá)不到，吃湯藥，其效力也達(dá)不到。這病是實(shí)在沒(méi)法子治啦。”

晉景公聽(tīng)了，心想醫(yī)生所說(shuō)，果然驗(yàn)證了自己夢(mèng)見(jiàn)的兩個(gè)小孩的對(duì)話，便點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭說(shuō)：“你的醫(yī)術(shù)真高明啊!”說(shuō)畢，叫人送了一份厚禮給醫(yī)生，讓他回秦國(guó)去了。不過(guò)這只是一個(gè)傳說(shuō)! 現(xiàn)在意指病已危重到了無(wú)法救治的地步。亦喻事情到了無(wú)可挽回的地步。

病入膏肓 【翻 譯】The disease has attacked the vitals.