掩耳盗铃

掩耳盗铃 Covering One's Ears to Steal a Bell

从前有个小偷，看见一户人家门口挂着一口大钟。 Long ago, a thief saw a large bell hanging at the gate of a house.

钟太重了，他背不动，就想把它敲碎了再拿走。 The bell was too heavy to carry, so he decided to smash it and take it away in pieces.

他抡起锤子一敲，钟「咚」的一声，响得很远很远。 He swung his hammer and struck it. The bell boomed so loudly that the sound travelled far away.

他吓了一跳，赶快捂住自己的耳朵。 He jumped in fright and quickly covered his own ears.

他想：我听不见了，别人一定也听不见。 He thought, “If I cannot hear it, no one else can hear it either.”

可是别人全都听见了，一下子就把他抓住了。 But everyone else heard it, and they caught him at once.

欺骗自己，并不能骗过别人。 Deceiving yourself cannot deceive other people.

你把成绩单藏起来，以为爸爸妈妈不知道，这就是掩耳盗铃。 If you hide your report card and think your parents will not know, that is 掩耳盗铃.