风马牛不相及

/ fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí /

1
be totally unrelated
... 风马牛不相及be totally unrelated 风靡一时be the rage 风平浪静calm ...
2
apples and oranges
... you can make a difference：一个人可以与众不同 apples and oranges：风马牛不相及 lose one's head：失去头脑，即：变得慌乱 ...
3
neither here nor there
... neither poverty nor riches 不贪也不富 neither here nor there 风马牛不相及 ; 与所述无关的 Neither I nor you 不是我也不是你 ...
4
a horse of another color
...e(吹牛)、as strong as a horse(体壮如牛)、work like a horse(像牛一样地辛苦干活)、a horse of another color (风马牛不相及),等等。比喻“胆小”，我们会立刻想到中文的“胆小如鼠”，中国人常用鼠来形容胆子小。

短语

1
生活处事和人的本能是风马牛不相及的。
The instinct has nothing to do with the walk in life.
2
他们的想法与我们的思维方式风马牛不相及。
Their ideas are quite alien to our way of thinking.
3
我们的调查也会举出申请人谁被提问了古怪问题，就像是一些风马牛不相及的提问。
Our survey also showed that of the candidates who were asked odd questions, just as many were offered places as those who weren't.

风马牛不相及
风马牛不相及读音：fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí 释义：齐楚相距很远，毫无干系，就如同马与牛即便走失，也不会到对方的境内。现比喻事物彼此毫不相干。出自《左传·僖公四年》：四年春，齐侯以诸侯之师侵蔡。蔡溃。遂伐楚。楚子使与师言曰：“君处北海，寡人处南海，唯是风马牛不相及也。不虞君之涉吾地也，何故？”

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