汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
() kē lǎo shǔ shǐ () huài le/liǎo/liào () guō () tāng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他在世行内部调查部门的最新报告中写道:“甚至很少数的个人的行为也能使整个组织的声誉遭到玷污(一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤)。”

The "actions of even a very small number of individuals can tarnish the reputation of an entire organisation," he wrote in the latest report of the bank's internal investigations unit.

他当时在搅一锅汤。

He was stirring a pot of soup.

我爸爸妈妈对和我一起出去的朋友也很挑剔,并常引用格言说:“一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥。”

My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with, always quoting the maxim the "one rotten apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples."

你需要用一锅汤来煮食物。

You will need a pot of broth for poaching.

善良是我们的本性,我们不能因为一些社会的垃圾而放弃了自己的本性,不能让一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥啊。

Kindness is our nature, we can't because of some social garbage give up her own nature, can't let one bad rat excrement explode!

母亲抓起小男孩,把他剁碎,放到锅子里,做了一锅汤。

Then the mother took the little boy and chopped him in pieces, put him into the pot, and cooked him into stew.

然后,你来到厨房,翙煮一锅美清淡的蛤蜊丝瓜汤。

And, you came to the kitchen, boiling a pot of clam U. S. light sponge gourd soup.

那是一锅加了调味的胡椒和发臭的油的咸清水汤。

It consisted of a soup of salted water, seasoned with pepper and rancid oil.

F 4成员朱孝天在自己的微博中表示,F4难以重聚的原因是“有一颗老鼠屎在”。

F4's Ken Chu wrote on his Sina Weibo micro blog the reunion would not take place because of a "mouse shit".

不过这把银匙已经用坏了,所以我母亲就用它来搅豌豆汤。

But it is so worn that mother USES it to stir the pea-soup.