城门失火殃及池鱼的英文: [Literal Meaning] city/gate/on fire, bring disaster/to/pool/fish When the city gate is on fire, disaster is brought to the fish in the moat.
[解释] 无缘无故地遭受灾难。
[Explanation] to suffer from a calamity without any reasons
[例子] 城门失火,殃及池鱼。导弹击中了目标却也炸死了旁边村庄的几个村民。
[Example] The missile hit the target but killed a few villagers in the neighboring village. It's really a calamity without any reasons. 参考例句:
To suffer from other’s disaster;to be a scapegoat 城门失火殃及池鱼 |