草木皆兵的英文成語故事

　　【成語來源】

　　be afraid of one's own shadow草木皆兵

　　In AD 383, the king of Former Qin (秦朝), Fu Jian (fú jiān 苻堅), led a huge army to attack Eastern Jin. 公元383年，秦王苻堅率領(lǐng)步兵、騎兵90萬，攻打江南的晉朝。

　　After losing the first round of fighting, Fu Jian looked down from a city wall, and was terrified when he saw the formidable battle array of the Eastern Jin army.在一輪戰(zhàn)敗后，苻堅從城墻俯視周遭，當(dāng)他看到勢不可破的東晉部隊，他感到很害怕。

　　And then looking at the mountains around, he mistook the grass and trees for enemy soldiers. 此時，苻堅在壽春城上望見晉軍隊伍嚴(yán)整，士氣高昂，再北望八公山，只見山上一草一木都像晉軍的士兵一樣，于是更加恐慌。

　　As a result, when the nervous Fu Jian led his army into battle, it suffered a crushing defeat.后來苻堅全軍覆沒，帶著少數(shù)殘余的.隊伍逃回去了。

　　This idiom describes how one can defeat oneself by imaging difficulties.這個成語后來形容人在極度驚恐時，疑神疑鬼的心理狀態(tài)。

　　【文化鏈接】

　　英文中“草木皆兵”的相應(yīng)說法可以用“afraid of one's own shadow”，也就是一個人連自己的影子都怕，當(dāng)一個人連自己的影子都怕的時候，是不是就是疑神疑鬼，“草木皆兵”了呢~~

　　我們來一起看一個例句吧~

　　She stays at home all the time and never makes any new friends. She seems to be afraid of her own shadow. 她老待在家里, 從不交新朋友，感覺“草木皆兵”。

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