跟莎士比亚学口语—莎翁创造的短语（3）

想要学好英语，深入理解英国文化的底蕴，莎士比亚可谓是不可不读。当然啦，术业有专攻，为了让大家更便捷地了解相关知识，英语君特意为大家总结了一些由莎士比亚发明，实用性比较强的短语，并在后面进行了注释，赶快来学习，用起来吧。

1.Wear my heart on my sleeve

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

出自：Othello 《奥赛罗》

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.

他是个感情外露的人，常常受伤。

2.In a pickle

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

出自：The Tempest 《暴风雨》

And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they

Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em?

How camest thou in this pickle?

注释：使用中，可以加上一些形容词进行强调：in a real/right...pickle

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!

现在我真是处境窘迫，我的助手离开了，没有他我简直不知道从何下手。

3.The milk of human kindness

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

出自：Macbeth 《麦克白》

"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.

他没有什么恻隐之心，我从来没见过这么冷酷的人。

4.A night owl

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

出自：The Rape of Lucrece 《鲁克丽丝受辱记》

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

她是个夜猫子，往往在午夜过后工作效率最高。

5.Pound of flesh

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

注释：在使用中，我们可以用动词take,demand来搭配。

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

他们一点不讲情面，要我们在下周一之前归还欠他们的每一分钱。

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

我不知道在这里工作这么辛苦。他们简直不顾别人死活，是不是？

6.Sea change

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

出自：The Tempest 《暴风雨》

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.

年轻人对待父母的态度已经发生了三百六十度转变。

7.Set your teeth on edge

英文解释：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?

那噪声让我很不舒服！你能不能停下来？

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

听到他跟自己的母亲说话这么无礼，我很恼火。