跟莎士比亞學口語—莎翁創造的短語（3）

想要學好英語，深入理解英國文化的底蘊，莎士比亞可謂是不可不讀。當然啦，術業有專攻，爲了讓大家更便捷地瞭解相關知識，英語君特意爲大家總結了一些由莎士比亞發明，實用性比較強的短語，並在後面進行了註釋，趕快來學習，用起來吧。

my heart on my sleeve

英文解釋：Display your feelings openly, for all to see.

出自：Othello 《奧賽羅》

For when my outward action doth deMonstrate

The native act and figure of my heart

In compliment extern, 'tis not long after

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve

For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.

E.g. He wears his heart on his sleeve and often gets hurt.

他是個感情外露的人，常常受傷。

a pickle

英文解釋：In a difficult situation; in a mess

出自：The Tempest 《暴風雨》

And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they

Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em?

How camest thou in this pickle?

註釋：使用中，可以加上一些形容詞進行強調：in a real/le

E.g. Things are in a real pickle at the moment, I’m afraid. My assistant’s left and I’m completely lost without him!

現在我真是處境窘迫，我的助手離開了，沒有他我簡直不知道從何下手。

milk of human kindness

英文解釋：Care and compassion for others；kind feelings

出自：Macbeth 《麥克白》

"Yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o' th' Milke of humane kindnesse."

E.g. There’s not much of the milk of human kindness in him. I’ve never known such a hard man.

他沒有什麼惻隱之心，我從來沒見過這麼冷酷的人。

4.A night owl

英文解釋：A person who is active late at night

出自：The Rape of Lucrece 《魯克麗絲受辱記》

E.g. She’s a night owl and has always done her best work after midnight.

她是個夜貓子，往往在午夜過後工作效率最高。

d of flesh

英文解釋：Something which is owed that is ruthlessly required to be paid back, even if this will cause them trouble or suffering.

註釋：在使用中，我們可以用動詞take,demand來搭配。

E.g. They want their pound of flesh; they want every penny we owe them by next Monday.

他們一點不講情面，要我們在下週一之前歸還欠他們的每一分錢。

I didn't realize working hear was going to be such hard work. They really demand their pound of flesh, don’t they?

我不知道在這裏工作這麼辛苦。他們簡直不顧別人死活，是不是？

change

英文解釋：a strong and noticeable change in a situation

出自：The Tempest 《暴風雨》

Those are pearls that were his eyes:

Nothing of him that doth fade

But doth suffer a sea-change

Into something rich and strange.

Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell

E.g. A sea change has been taken place in young people’s attitudes to their parents.

年輕人對待父母的態度已經發生了三百六十度轉變。

your teeth on edge

英文解釋：Literally, to cause an unpleasant tingling of the teeth. More generally, the expression is used to describe any feeling of unpleasant distaste.

出自：Henry IV 《亨利四世》

E.g. That noise is really setting my teeth on edge! Can you stop?

那噪聲讓我很不舒服！你能不能停下來？

It sets my teeth on edge when I hear him talking to his mother so rudely.

聽到他跟自己的母親說話這麼無禮，我很惱火。