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标题: It is hard to teach an old dog tricks. [打印本页]

作者: x-ace    时间: 2009-11-23 10:35     标题: It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.

It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.
  教老狗耍把戏,难哉(人老则守旧)。
   本谚语表示儿童有很大的可塑性,教育须趁早,人老便易僵化,或
比喻使守旧的人接受新事物。这句话显然有片面性。人老不一定都守旧。相
似的谚语有“teach an old new tricks”(八十岁姥姥学吹打)。




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