Answer181. The saying “as wise as an owl” indicates that English speakers regard owl as the symbol of wisdom. 2. In children’ reading material and caricature, owl tends to be described as serious and clever. In dispute among birds and beats, it is the owl that they regard as their judge and go to for advice in an emergency. Sometimes, people consider owl not practical and a little stupid, and yet on the whole, it stands for the image of wisdom. 3. But in Chinese, the figurative meaning of the word “owl” is quite different. Some people are quite superstitious: they are afraid of seeing an owl or hear its sound; in their view, the mere sight of an owl or the sound of its hooting might cause people to be down on their luck. The phrase “Ye Maozai into the house” in Chinese means the approach of bad luck. Ye Maozai actually refers to the owl. 翻译心得：
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