杞人忧天英语

杞国有个人担心天地会崩塌，自身失去依存的地方，(于是)不吃不睡的了。又有一个担心他因为那担心而出问题的人，因此就去劝他，说：“天啊，是聚集在一起的气体，气往哪里崩溃呢。你身体曲伸和呼吸，一直在天中进行，干吗要担心它崩溃吗?”那个人说：“天确实是聚集的气体，太阳、月亮、星星呢，它们就不会掉下来吗?”劝导他的人说：“太阳、月亮、星星，也是气体中发光的气体，就算它们掉下来，也不可能伤到谁。”那人说：“地塌了怎么办呢?”劝导他的人说：“所谓地吗，就是很多土块聚集，它填充了四方所有的角落，它还往哪里塌土块啊。你走路跳跃，终日是在这地上进行，干吗还要担心地会塌呢?”于是那人释然而开心，劝导他的人也释然而开心。

杞人忧天 [词典] like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall -- to entertain imaginary or groundless fears; groundless worry; In the state of Qi there lived a man who, filled with apprehensions of the imminent fall of the sky and the consequent destruction of his hearth and home, was so vexed that he could neither eat nor sleep.; like the man in the state of Qi worrying in case the sky should fall; Meet troubles half-way; [例句]可怜的唐纳德一直在杞人忧天。Poor Donald's been worrying himself silly.

我来回答你的问题。This is not to be alarmist 这句话可以翻译为：这不是危言耸听的。如果觉得可以的话请采纳谢谢。

trouble好像可数或者不可数都行a sea of troubles 困难重重ask for trouble [口]自讨苦吃be a trouble to 对...是一个麻烦(或讨厌的人)be in troubles with 和...闹纠纷bear sb.'strouble on one's back 替某人担当责任borrow trouble 自寻苦恼; 杞人忧天don't trouble 别费事get into trouble 招致不幸, 陷入困境, 遭受处罚 (使)未嫁怀孕 被捕, 坐牢get out of trouble (使)摆脱不幸[困境]; (使)免受责骂[处罚]give sb. trouble 麻烦人家go to the trouble 不怕麻烦; 特意(后常接 of + 动名词)have trouble with 有...病痛I'll trouble you to 劳驾你..., 请你...make trouble 闹事, 捣乱make trouble for 给 ...带来麻烦meet trouble halfway 自寻烦恼no trouble (at all) [口]这不费事, 容易得很, 没什么put oneself to (the) trouble 不怕麻烦, 愿意费力save oneself the trouble (of) 省掉(...的)麻烦take (the) trouble 尽力设法; 不怕费事teething trouble 出牙期的病痛; [喻]事情开始时的暂时困难trouble sb. for sth. [口]麻烦某人做某事(如递某物、告诉时间、比赛分数等, 常用于疑问句)

fear sth. groundless/imaginary