“天意弄人”常见的英语表述有:“Fate plays tricks on people” 或者 “Destiny toys with people” 。
“Fate plays tricks on people” 中,“fate”意为“命运;天意”,“play tricks on”是一个常用短语,表示“捉弄;戏弄”。整体意思就是“命运捉弄人”。
例如:It ems that fate plays tricks on us sometimes. (有时候似乎天意弄人。)
“Destiny toys with people” 里,“destiny”也有“命运;天命”的意思,“toy with”有“玩弄;不认真对待”的含义,连起来就是“命运玩弄人”。
如:We can't help but feel that destiny toys with people in many ca s. (在很多情况下,我们不禁会觉得天意弄人。)