源自莎士比亞作品的10個(gè)常用短語

源自莎士比亞作品的10個(gè)常用短語

Green-Eyed Monster

嫉妒

The evil Iago plants doubts in Othello`s mind about his wife`s faithfulness, while advising him, "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on." (Othello, Act 3, Scene 3)

邪惡的伊阿古讓奧賽羅對(duì)妻子的忠心起了疑心，提醒他說，“噢，大人，要小心嫉妒之心!那可是一只綠眼的妖魔，它慣于耍弄爪下的獵物。”(《奧賽羅》，第3幕第3場(chǎng))

In a Pickle

處于困境

In The Tempest, King Alonso asks his jester, Trinculo, "How camest thou in this pickle?" And the drunk Trinculo – who has indeed gotten into trouble – responds "I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last ..." (Act 5, Scene 1)

在《暴風(fēng)雨》中，那不勒斯國王阿朗索問他的弄臣特林鳩羅，“你怎么讓自己到這般境地了?”的確深陷困境且已爛醉的特林鳩羅回答說：“我自從上次參見過您之后就一直處于這般境地了…”(第5幕第1場(chǎng))

One theory has it that the phrase in a pickle entered English from an old Dutch expression that translates as something like "sit in the pickle".

有一種說法認(rèn)為in a pickle這個(gè)短語來源于一個(gè)古代的荷蘭語表達(dá)，類似于“坐在咸菜缸”里這樣一個(gè)說法。

Love Is Blind

愛是盲目的

This phrase has more than one meaning: we overlook flaws in those we love (that`s good), but love can blind us to serious issues (that`s bad).

這個(gè)短語的意思是：我們會(huì)忽略我們愛的人身上的缺點(diǎn)(這點(diǎn)不錯(cuò));愛會(huì)讓我們忽視一些嚴(yán)重的問題(這就不好了)。

In The Merchant of Venice, Jessica is shy about her beloved Lorenzo seeing her disguised as a boy, but recognizes that it won`t affect his love for her, saying, "But love is blind and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit ..." (Act 2, Scene 6)

在《威尼斯商人》中，杰西卡不好意思讓深愛的羅倫佐看到她偽裝成一個(gè)男孩，不過也意識(shí)到這并不妨礙他愛她，她說，“可愛情是盲目的，愛侶們看不到他們自己犯下的那些美麗又愚蠢的錯(cuò)誤…”(第2幕，第6場(chǎng))

Salad Days

一個(gè)人的青春年少時(shí)光

In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra recalls her relationship with Julius Caesar that occurred during, "My salad days, / When I was green in judgment...." (Act 1, Scene 5)

在《安東尼與克莉奧佩特拉》中，克莉奧佩特拉回憶起她與凱撒的那一段感情在“我青春年少的時(shí)光，我還不太會(huì)看人的時(shí)候…”(第1幕第5場(chǎng))

Originally, English speakers used salad days with Cleopatra`s meaning: a time of youthful inexperience or indiscretion. These days, however, it usually means "an early flourishing period" – in other words, a heyday.

最初，英語使用者只用salad days表示克莉奧佩特拉所說的“青春、稚嫩的時(shí)光”。不過現(xiàn)在，這個(gè)短語通常表示“鼎盛時(shí)期”。

Wear My Heart on My Sleeve

公開表達(dá)感情

Discussing his planned betrayal of Othello, the villain Iago says, "But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For daws to peck at: I am not what I am." (Othello, Act 1, Scene 1)

在說到對(duì)奧賽羅的背叛計(jì)劃時(shí)，邪惡的伊阿古說，“可是我會(huì)敞開心扉，讓鳥兒隨意翻啄：我并不是你們看到的我。”(《奧賽羅》，第1幕第1場(chǎng))

There`s the Rub

這就是問題所在

In Hamlet`s famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy, "ay, there`s the rub" is the tormented prince`s acknowledgement that death may not end his difficulties because the dead may perhaps still be troubled by dreams. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1)

在《哈姆雷特》那句著名的“生存或者死亡”獨(dú)白中，“唉，這就是問題所在”表示飽受折磨的王子認(rèn)識(shí)到，死亡并不能結(jié)束他的痛苦，因?yàn)樗廊丝赡苋匀粫?huì)被夢(mèng)境困擾。(《哈姆雷特》，第3幕第1場(chǎng))

Cruel to Be Kind

要想善良，必先殘忍;忠言逆耳

"I must be cruel only to be kind; / Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind," says the tormented Hamlet. He has just mistakenly killed Polonius, and it`s clear that he doesn`t know how bad things are going to get. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)

飽受折磨的哈姆雷特說：“要想善良，必先殘忍，壞事開了頭，更糟糕的還在后面。”他剛剛誤殺了波洛尼厄斯，而且很明顯他根本不知道事情會(huì)糟糕到什么程度。(《哈姆雷特》，第3幕第4場(chǎng))

Wild Goose Chase

復(fù)雜又無果的追尋或搜索;徒勞無果

In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio likens the rapid exchange of jokes between Romeo and himself to the cross-country horse race of Shakespeare`s time, known as the wild goose chase, in which any number of riders tried to keep up with and accurately follow the lead rider`s course:

在《羅密歐與朱麗葉》中，馬庫修將他和羅密歐之間機(jī)智的笑話比拼比做莎士比亞時(shí)期的跨境賽馬，即“追野鵝”，比賽中所有騎手都要盡力追上并精準(zhǔn)跟隨在騎手領(lǐng)袖的陣型中：

"Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done; for thou / hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I / have in my whole five." (Act 2, Scene 4)

“不行啊，如果咱們倆的智商比拼像追野鵝那樣的話，我就完蛋了，因?yàn)槟闳魏我粋€(gè)智慧陣型中的野鵝都比我全部5個(gè)陣型里的多。”(第2幕第4場(chǎng))

Dogs of War

戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的恐懼之處

In Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1, a grief-stricken Mark Antony predicts that the instability following Caesar`s murder will result in civil war: "Cry `havoc!` And let slip the dogs of war!" ("Cry havoc" was the military order for soldiers to seize plunder from an enemy.)

在《凱撒大帝》第3幕第1場(chǎng)中，悲傷過度的馬克•安東尼預(yù)言稱，凱撒大帝被謀殺后的不穩(wěn)定局勢(shì)會(huì)導(dǎo)致內(nèi)戰(zhàn)：“下令搶劫!讓戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的恐懼溜走吧!”(Cry havoc是軍隊(duì)中的命令用語，指下令讓士兵從敵人手中搶掠。)

Strange Bedfellows

不可能結(jié)盟的兩個(gè)人;同床異夢(mèng)

When Trinculo seeks shelter from a storm under the cloak of a creature he`s very unsure about – he wonders if it`s a man or a fish – he comments "misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows." (The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2)

特林鳩羅在一個(gè)他不知為何物的生物的斗篷下躲避暴風(fēng)雨時(shí)，他不知道那是個(gè)人還是條魚，他說：“處于悲慘境地，人可以跟任何東西結(jié)成聯(lián)盟。”(《暴風(fēng)雨》，第2幕第2場(chǎng))