用英語(yǔ)說(shuō)成語(yǔ):畫(huà)蛇添足（雙語(yǔ)）

In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 戰(zhàn)國(guó),475-221BC), a man in the State of
Chu (chǔ guǒ楚國(guó)) was offering a sacrifice to his ancestors. After the ceremony,
the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there
was not enough wine for all them, and decided to each draw a picture of a snake;
the one who finished the picture first would get the wine. One of them drew very
rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the
snake. At this moment another man finished, snatched the beaker and drank the
wine, saying, 'A snake doesn't have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?

This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus
things.

戰(zhàn)國(guó)時(shí)代有個(gè)楚國(guó)人祭他的祖先。儀式結(jié)束后，他拿出一壺酒賞給手下的幾個(gè)人。大家商量說(shuō)：“我們都來(lái)畫(huà)蛇，誰(shuí)先畫(huà)好誰(shuí)就喝這壺酒。”其中有一個(gè)人先畫(huà)好
了。但他看到同伴還沒(méi)有畫(huà)完，就又給蛇添上了腳。這時(shí)，另一個(gè)人也畫(huà)好了，奪過(guò)酒壺吧酒喝了，并且說(shuō)：“蛇本來(lái)是沒(méi)有腳的，你怎么能給它添上腳呢?”

“畫(huà)蛇添足”這個(gè)成語(yǔ)比喻做了多余而不恰當(dāng)?shù)氖?，反而把事情弄糟了?/p>

畫(huà)蛇添足【翻譯】Drawing a snake and Adding Feet.