“爱不释手”

大家好，有没有谁能向给我解释一下，为什么“爱不释手”在英语中被翻译成“fondle admiringly”？

我在很多中文网站上都看到过这个英文翻译，而且它似乎是几首中文歌曲的歌名。但对我这个以英语为母语的人来说，这听起来完全不对。就是因为“fondle”的意义一般来说又消极又变态。英语为母语的人听这一词的时候，肯定会想论题是与性侵害有关的。

谢谢你们解释解释🙏🏻

爱 = to like/love 不 = no/not 释手 = to release/ to open your hand and let go of something 爱不释手 is an idiom based on the sentence structure of ancient Chinese, and it literally means "to love something to the extent that you do not release it from your hand (i.e., always holding it and playing with it enjoyingly)". The idiom is usually used on objects that are not very big, such as a toy for children, a book, a pen, etc., and it has nothing to do with sex. The translator who uses "fondle" to express this idiom may be unaware of the cultural implications of the word, just like using "gay" to mean "happy", or seeing "dragon" and 龙 as exactly the same thing.