"Ask most people what they want out of life, and the answer is simple, to be happy. Maybe it's this expectation, though, the wanting to be happy, that just keeps us from ever getting there.
"Maybe the more we try and will ourselves to states of bliss, the more confused we get to the point where we don't recognize ourselves.
"Instead, we just keep smiling, trying like hell to be the happy people we wish we were. Until eventually it hits us, it's been there all along. Not in our dreams or hopes, but in the known, the comfortable, the familiar."

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｜ 容易误译的英语

head and shoulders above

例句: Colin is head and shoulders above the rest of the volleyball players.

误译: 科林比其他排球选手高出肩部和头部。

原意: 科林的排球技术远胜于其他排球选手。

说明: head and shoulders above意为“远胜于……”。

heart is in the right place

例句: Carrie's heart is in the right place.

误译: 卡丽的心脏长在右边。

原意: 卡丽心地善良。

说明: heart is in the right place或have one's heart in the right place意为“心地善良”、“心怀善意”。

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