Shaking your head for 'No' is not universal.
以摇头表示“不”，并非放诸四海而皆准。
There was silence now; and there was no head there but was bent in reverence, except this man's.
这时候一片寂静，除了这人以外，其他人都恭敬地低着头。
Hark ye--come no more till thou do bring his head.
你们听着——不把他的头拿来，就不要进宫来。
He was too trusting—or, to put it another way , he had no head for business.
他太轻信人了—或者换个说法，他没有商业头脑。
Infection with head lice is no reflection on personal hygiene.
染上头虱并不会给个人卫生带来不好的影响。
The statue stands 2 meters tall, weighs about 200 kilograms and was found with no head or arms, according to a news release by the authority.
据权威机构发布的消息称，这尊雕像高2米，重约200公斤，没有头部和手臂。
In Bulgaria and Greece a nod means "no" and a shake of the head means "yes".
在保加利亚和希腊，点头意味着“不”，摇头意味着“是”。
But in Bulgaria and Greece a nod means "no" and a shake of the head means "yes".
但在保加利亚和希腊，点头意味着“不”，摇头意味着“是”。
They had no education, and talked of whatever came into their head.
他们没有受过教育，想到什么就说什么。
Tom buried his head among his pillows, murmuring plaintively, "Alack, it was no dream!"
汤姆把头埋在枕头里，伤心地低声说：“咳，这不是梦！”
Even when demonstrator hens reacted with obvious disgust to a specific food, via vigorous head shaking and bill wiping, there was no evidence that observers subsequently avoided eating that food.
即使是当作为演示的母鸡对某种特定的食物表现出明显的厌恶，比如使劲摇头和擦拭嘴，也没有证据表明它们随后会避免食用这种食物。
Tony puts his head down and says to himself, "Oh, no."
托尼低下头自言自语道：“哦，不。”
请，无头的游戏。
"No, father," replied George, hanging down his head.
“没有，爸爸。”乔治低下头回答说。
The OED puts it best: “A wooden head, a wooden block for hats or wigs; hence, a head with no more intelligence in it than one of these, a blockish head.”
《牛津英语词典》的解释最恰当：“一个木制的头，戴帽子或假发的木头，因此，这种脑袋中放不下才智，含义为愚蠢的人。”
Indeed, whereas a young curmudgeon has no heart, an old idealist has no head.
的确，一个年轻的乖戾之人没有善心，一个年老的理想主义者没有头脑。
The doctor's father had no head for business, and he went under.
医生的父亲没有商业头脑，他破产了。
In Touer, the people cheer up waiting the head, but what they got is a Touer of "having no head".
在《头儿》中，人们欢呼雀跃地等待“头儿”的出现，而最终看到的却是一个“没有头”的“头儿”。
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