“杞人忧天”常见的英文表述有:“fuss about something groundless” 、“unnecessary anxiety” 、“The man of Qi was afraid that the sky might fall.” 。
例如:“你这完全是杞人忧天。”可以翻译为“You are fussing about something groundless.” 或者 “You are suffering from unnecessary anxiety.”
其中,“fuss about”表示“对......大惊小怪、过分操心”,“groundless”意思是“无根据的”;“unnecessary”表示“不必要的”,“anxiety”指“焦虑、担忧”。