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22/09/2014
登高不是take a hike
重陽登高，同時有眺遠抒懷之意，climb high and look far。舊時的登高，即今日的行山，go hiking。早前有個民主登高活動，英文Hike for Democracy，自然亦生fight an uphill battle 的聯想。
Uphill 上山，反地心吸力往上走，自然吃力，用來比喻逆境。Fight an uphill battle，逆境中（掙扎）求勝。
自然也有質疑道，會否徒勞無功？像一個希臘神話中，主角西西弗斯Sisyphus 不斷推石上山，卻只見石頭又從山上滾下來——Sisyphus ceaselessly rolls a big rock up a hill, only to have it roll down again when it nears the top. 這不也就像我們的愚公移山故事，講明係「愚」，只要認為值得，堅持就好。
回說登高，小心不要自稱take a hike，或take a walk，儘管聽起來不過好似話去行山之嘛，但這三字俗語，係a rude way of telling someone to leave， 叫人go away、begone、get lost。譯做本地口語，等於「躝啦、死開啲啦」。
例句
He kept bothering me, so I finally told him to take a walk.
他老是煩我，我終於叫他躝開。
一篇網上文字這樣寫： You can have da Vinci ( 達文西). We don’t argue about Newton (牛頓). Edison (愛迪生) can TAKE A HIKE. 主題是說，文明歷史中最傑出的偉人查實係Einstein（愛因斯坦）。
於是，可以講Let’s HAVE a walk、We DO a hike，就是別用Take a 的格式。 英文中有許多Take a XX 的話，大部分都無傷大雅，像：
take a look 看一看。
take a picture 拍張照。
take a break 休息一下。
take a bow 鞠個躬。寄意舞台謝幕，表示感謝及感激讚賞。
例句
The actor was invited to take a bow and enjoy the applause in front of the camera.
演員受邀在鏡頭前感謝及享受掌聲。
另亦有較粗俗的廁所用語：Take a leak、take a dump。前者講小便，後者，對了，講大便。