点石成金的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
touch lightly/stone/become/gold
to touch a stone and turn it into gold
[解释]
比喻修改文章时,稍稍改动原来的文字,就使它变得很出色
[Explanation]
to turn a crude essay into a literary gem
[例子]
进过你修改了几个字后,我这首诗终于发表了,你真是点石成金。
[Example]
After your alteration of several words, my poem was published eventually. You really has turned a crude essay into a literary gem.
- The cheater boasted that he could turn stone into gold.
那个骗子吹嘘道, 他能点石成金。 - After his revision, this article has been turned into gold.
这篇文章经过他的修改,犹如点石成金。 - His gifted pen transmutes every thing into gold, and his own genial nature reflects its sunshine through his pages
他那支生花妙笔能点石成金,而篇页间又可见其温文尔雅,光彩熠熠的秉性。