1. Nobody will be the wiser.谁也不会更为聪明。（误）谁也不懂得。（正）注：英语形容词 wise 有三个基本意思：(1) 聪明的，如 You were wise not to go.(你不去是聪明的）。(2) 饱学的，如 He is wise in the law.（他精通法律）。（3）知道的，如 We are none the wiser for his explanations.(听完他的解释，我们还是不明白）。上例便是第三义，等于说 Nobody will know it. 通常比较级，意为“至今不知道的事，现在知道了”，所谓 none the wiser= no wiser than before= as wise as before,照旧。 2.Dont you see the writing on the wall?你看不见墙上的字吗？（误）难道你看不到灾难的迫切吗？（正）注：The writing on the wall (or sometimes handwriting on the wall) is
