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16/06/2014
針唔拮到肉……
全句話係「針唔拮到肉唔知痛」，指情况之壞只有當事人領略得到，像切膚之痛，不足為外人道。
不知道英文可有類似的話，於是上網一查，赫然click 到什麼在線字典上，有這樣一條胡來的翻譯： “Needle （ 針） not antagonistic to the meat （拮唔到肉） well known（唔知？） pain（痛）”。
原話直譯， 可以是You wouldn’t feel the pain until/unless you feel the needle，但往往說的並不真與痛有關，重點是難處、困境，總之就係辛苦，而非當事人、不是受害人，是不會明白的：
? You wouldn’t know what it’s really like.? You just can’t imagine how things were.? You simply won’t understand what will actually happen.? You’ll never appreciate the situation.講到底，是說外人體會不了切膚之痛。不過要小心， 「切膚之痛」許多時候說的真是痛，有關pain, sorrow and suffering。
例: We probably would not be able to understand the actual pain suffered by the victims’ families.
不是死難者的家屬，或就未能理解他們的切膚之痛。
更要小心的， 是一句be at pains to do something，與痛完全無關，是正面的話，形容勤勤力力，至費煞苦心地做一件事。To take great pains，就是不遺餘力了。
例︰ The police conducted a pains taking probe.
警方進行了艱苦的調查。
例︰ The teacher painstakingly explained the concept.
教師仔細地解釋了這套理念。