希腊习语Greekidioms

1、希腊习语( Greek idioms )Idioms and allusions from Greek mythology1. Achilles' heel's only fatal weaknessAchilles is usually translated as "Achilles", is a famous Greek epic "Iliad" (legend for the Greek poet Homa)mainly Greek hero. Achilles young girl by his mother Sitis (The

2、tis) upside down in the river Styx (Styx) in water soaked body, invulnerability, but its heel (Heel) for the hand, not soaked with water, and thus becamethe only back to the injured and even fatal weakness. Troy Achilles war, heroic, invincible. However, the sun god Appollo (Apollo) knew the weaknes

3、s of Achilles and revealed it to Prince Troy, Paris. Paris aligned Achilles heel shot a poisoned arrows, Achilles eventually because of wounded and died.According to the story, "Achilles' Heel" is often referred to as "the only fatal weakness" or "the key"". Al

4、so made as Achilles Heel.Examples: The, girl, is, a, good, student, but, pronunciation, is, her, Achilles, heel.The girl is a good student, but pronunciation is his only weakness.His, Achilles, heel, was, his, pride, he, would, get, very, angry, if, anyone, criticized, work., hisHis only fatal weakn

5、ess was pride; he was angry at anyone who criticized his work.A, misbehaving, minister, is, as, a, government, s, Achilles, regarded, heel, and, is, expected, to, resign.A badly behaved minister was seen as a government fatal, so he was asked to resign2., Horn, of, plenty/abundance (Amalthea, s, Hor

6、n / horn, of, plenty), horn of abundance: symbol of abundanceIn allusion to the ancient Greek mythology. Jose (Zeus) after birth, the mother Rhea (Rhea) was afraid of his father Cronus (Cronus/Cronos) are swallowed, and hid him in a cave in Crete, and entrusted to the Amar tayohya (Amalthea) support

7、. Al Mart milk he used to support Asia (Monday al Mart Asia my mother is a goat, she used her milk feeding Jose). The goat broke a corner, she was in the corner filled with flowers and fruit for Jose.Later Jose overthrew his father's reign, becomethe king of the gods, Amar offers and the horns t

8、o heaven this is a treasure.Horns, who owns it, to what to what, it is regarded as the symbol of wealth and inexhaustible fertility. It is called"cornucopia", of plenty or horn of horn English abundance, sometimes also for Amalthea. " S horn.Example: Nature, very, oddly, when, the, ho

9、rn, of, plenty, is, quite, empty, babies., always, fills, it, with, strange to say, when nature does not give enough grain, it often leaves more babies 3., Midas, touch, the ability to makea lot of money; the ability to make money everywhereIn allusion to the ancient Greek legend. There is a country

10、 called West Central Asia Minor Phrygian (Phrygia), King Midas (Midas) covet wealth, wanted to become the richest man in the world. Dionysus (Dionysus) grateful to Midas for his former teacher's help, Midas all promised to meet a Midas request. Pray for God to grant him the golden point of the s

11、pell. After that, he fulfilled the alchemy everywhere he appeared in gold, all things into gold. However, not only stones into gold, flowers and house furnishings, even food and drink, and even his most beloved daughter becamegold. Finally, he had to ask Godto lift his touch. Dionysus then let him t

12、o Parker TORO J (Pactolus) River to take a bath, in order to recover his magic, everything is back to normal. According to this story, people The Midas touch refers to the ability to make big money and the ability to makemoneyeverywhere. The phrase is often used with the verb "have".例：鲍伯是一

13、个商人银行家和真的有点石成金的。 鲍博是一位商业银行家，很懂得生财之道。他所有的公司都是非常有利的。他有点石成金的本领。 他所有的公司盈利甚丰。他有赚大钱的本领。4。在奥萨难上加难山堆，高了又高典出希腊神话。 海神波塞东（波塞冬）有两个孙子（一说孪生儿子），名叫鄂托斯（OTU和俄菲阿尔特斯（ephialthes ），合称阿洛伊代（阿洛伊代）。他们身材十分高大，自幼力大无比。为了登上天堂向天后 赫拉（Hera）和狩猎女神阿尔特密斯（Artemis ）求爱，他们试图把 伯利翁山（山）垒到奥萨山（Ossa）上。可是未等他俩动手，他们便 被太阳神阿波罗杀掉了， 计划终未实现。 后人用山堆在奥萨一语表示

14、” 难上加难”或”高了又高”。此语亦作堆山Ossa。例：要求我管理部门和教满工作量的课程是在 Ossa山堆。要求我管 理这个系，并教满工作量的课程，这是难上加难。5。“一刀切”逼人就范之物；讲求一致的制度（或政策等）典出古希腊神话。相传在雅典附近有一个著名大盗名叫 Procrustes（普罗克拉斯提斯）。他身材高大，凶残异常。他在路旁开设黑店， 拦截过往行人。他特制了两张床，一长一短，强迫劫来的旅客躺在铁 床上，腿短者睡长床，拔之使与床齐长，体长者睡短床，以利斧截其 下肢，故人称之为”铁床匪”。后来，希腊英雄忒修斯（特修斯）奉 母命前往雅典寻父路经此地， 把这个穷凶极恶的大盗捉住， 并以其人

15、之道还治其人之身，缚之于短床，砍其伸出肢体，使之疼痛而死，为 民除去一害强求一致。 据此故事产生了一语， 常用以喻指”逼人就范 之物”，“强求一致的制度（或政策）”，有时直译作”普罗克拉斯 提寺之床”。它亦作床 Procrustes 或 procrustes'bed ，常与在或使 搭配，作地方某人 / 某物上强求一致和使某人 / 某物适合强求一致， 表 示”逼人就范”， 相当于汉语成语“削足适履一词的首字母往往小写 削足适履”。例：规则是基于拉丁语法， 语法学家试图把英语语言正是在这一“一 刀切”。这些规则以阿拉丁字母为基础， 而语法家们试图把英语强行纳入的正 是这张”普罗克拉斯提之床

16、”。我们也不应该试图限制在一个单一的想法PROCRUSTES拉图的对话。我们也不应该把柏拉图的对话硬行限制在某个概念上， 就像把人硬塞 到普罗克拉斯提寺的床上那样。他们有一些特殊的理论来维持， 任何不符合他们的“一刀切”立即谴他们都持有某种特殊理论， 凡与他们死板的标准不相符合者， 便会立 即受到排斥。6。在功劳簿上固步自封休息，吃老本。桂的本以为”月挂树”。 在希腊，罗马神话中月挂树是太阳神阿波罗 的圣树。据希腊（罗马）神话，阿波罗爱上了神女达弗涅 （达芙妮）。 为了摆脱阿波罗的追求，达弗涅变成了一棵月挂树阿波罗伤感不已， 取月挂树枝叶编成冠冕戴在头上，He said this to Dap

17、hne's admiration and nostalgia. The ancient Greeks and Romans to the crown of laurel is awarded the distinguished poet, hero or athletic winners. The later European title as the title of honor, this custom has spread so far. Therefore, laurel is often a metaphor of "crown", "honor

18、" or "honor", and often in the plural form. Rest on one s laurels "idioms in laurels: in this sense, the phrase is" satisfied with the honor "," conservative "," laurels ". This is also sit (sit back) on one 's laurels. and two related idioms: lo

19、ok to one' s laurels, reap/gain/win (one s laurels), respectively, said" be careful to keep honor "," win ".Examples: We, should, not, rest, on, our, laurels, but, should, work, even, harder, and, become, successful., still, moreWe should not content ourselves with laurels, b

20、ut should work harder and achieve greater successThe, school, used, to, have, good, reputation, but, it, has, been, resting, a, on, its, laurels, for, long., tooThis school has a good reputation in the past, but for a long time it has been resting on its laurels.The, older, members, of, the, will, h

21、ave, to, look, team, to, their, laurels, when, young, people, join.After the young man comes in, the old player has to keep his honour very carefullyHe, won, the, regional, laurels, and, went, on, to, the, finals.He entered the final after he was awarded the conference title7. Sop to Cerberus bribeO

22、riginally in ancient fairy tales. The Cerberus interpreter "Kerr Bai Luo Si", Rome is the ancient Greek mythology that guards the underworld entrance, a long with three heads. It does not let the living go in nor let the dead go out. Ancient Rome poet Virgil (Virgil, 70-19BC) wrote the epi

23、c E Neut (Aeneid), there is such a description: Troy hero Aeneas (Aeneas) underthe guidance of witches travel through the underworld. And the gates of Hades, witch put a piece of poppy flowers soaked with honey and cookies to throw Cerberus, it had fallen asleep, they are safe by. Therefore, in anci

24、ent Greece and Romeis a popular folk custom after death, was buried in addition to put a coin in the mouth as the ship crossing fees, but also things like a piece of cake in his hand, as Cerberus fed food, but also as a bribe, the dead in from the entrance to Hades for pass.The word "A sop to C

25、erberus" literally means "bread for the cutting of cypress."". People use it as a metaphor for "bribe", using the word "give a sop to Cerberus" as "bribing the guards (officials, making difficulties, etc.)" or "taking bribes."".A, SOP,

26、 to, and Cerberus are often used with verbs such as be, fling, throw, and so on. But this is used later, people tend to omit the second half, the direct use of SOP metaphor refers to "bribe", especially "small bribe".Examples: I, can, give, that, Cerberus, a, SOP, I, shall, be, a

27、t, rest, for, one, day.If I give the guard a little, I can rest for a day.The, small, pay, increase, that, workers, have, just, the, received, is, only, a, SOP, to, Cerberus.The little increasethat the workers just got was only a smallcomfort.8. sow dragon teeth s sow seeds of discord (or destructio

28、n)The literal translation is "sowing, tooth code of Greek mythology. Prince Finiki Card Moss (Cadmus) in the nameof the father for life by Lord Jose (Zeus) from sister Europa (Europa), but has not found, no Yan return to hometown. Then he followed the sun god Appollo (Apollo) of the Oracle, giv

29、e up the search, and follow a cow walking, create a new city in his place to lie down. But before the city was built,He had to wrestle with a huge dragon that had ruled the land.Card Mosskilled the dragon, the goddess Athena will remove its seed into the ground. I saw a group of ferocious warriors f

30、rom the ground. The warriors killed each other, leaving only five people at last. Later, Card Moss built the city of Thebes with the help of the five knights. Because fight each other caused by the samurai Card Moss planting Aralia, later generations with sow Dragon 's teeth said the term "

31、sow (to oneself are unfavorable to the people) not (or destruction) seeds".Examples: Wherever, Aunt, Martha, goes, she, sows, dragon, teeth., sAunt Martha go to where, where the trouble.But the danger is that she will try, that she will sow Dragon s teeth among the resentful "middle class,

32、 that she will, in short, sharpen appetites that cannot satisfy., but the danger is that she will try, she will provoke disputes among the resentful middle class. In short, she will keep her appetite up and down.9. Sphinx s riddle "Sphinx riddle;Ancient Greek myths. The Sphinx interpreter, &quo

33、t;Steefan Kors" is a winged Sphinx banshee. She Thebes in ancient Greece at the end (Thebes) outside the city, with Mousika (the Muses) to teach her riddle let passers guess, guess who is killed, killed many people. Oedipus (Oedipus) determined to get rid of, volunteered to answer the many, thi

34、s riddle is: "there is one thing. Morning afternoon evening quadrupeds, two feet, three feet, what is this?" Oedipus replied: "this is a man, because people crawling in the babies grow up feet walking, walking staff is old." Steefan Kors mystery has been Oedipus ends, he jumped f

35、rom the top of a cliff and died. This is the so-called "Sphinx s riddle, literally translated as" the mystery of Steefan Kors "or" problem ", and to use the word" Sphinx "metaphor" difficult to understand "," guess who ".Sphinx" and "s

36、 riddle riddle of Sphinx.Examples: This, question, was, like, a, riddle, of, Sphinx, to, them.This question is a riddle to Steefan Kors for them10., swan, song (poet, musician, etc) final work (or words, deeds, etc.); farewell performanceThe original ancient legend in the West. It is said that the S

37、wan (Swan) usually never crow, but when it is a premonition of death to, will keep looking, singing sorrowful sounds.Swan song refers to the Dying Swan a wonderful song, literal translation literally "swan song". In ancient Greek mythology, the swan Appollo (Apollo) of the bird. Appollo is

38、 the sun god, the God of light, music is God, the God of poetry, so the swan was used to Yu means"(full of wit the poet)" or "(outstanding) singer", according to swan song as the "escape (poet, musician and other works) finally (or words) or" farewell". According t

39、o a Greek legend, Appollo became a swan, and after all poets died, the soul was attached to the swan. So Shakespeare once called the Swanof Avon (stratfordon Swan), Homawas called the the Swan of Meander (meander Swan), ancient Rome poet Virgil (Virgil, 70-19BC) is called the the Swanof Mantua (Mant

40、ua Swan), etc. Swan song the term translated directly from German Schwanengesang, many of the early British writer, so Spencer (Edmund Spenser 1552-1599) Shakespeare Karl Coleridge (Samuel Taylor, Coleridge, 1772-1824) and others, have used this allusion.Example: Jackson, s, speech, the, other, day,

41、 turned, out, to, be, his, swan, song.Jackson's speech a few days ago turned out to be his farewell speech.The, novel, which, she, finished, in, was, her, swan, song.The novel, completed in 1986, is her last work.This, weekend, s, match, was, his, swan, song, as, the, team, s, captain.This weeke

42、nd's game is his last match as captain.11. hang by a hair / thread (sword of Damocles) at a crucial moment in jeopardy; crumbling.When it comes to the origin of this idiom, people tend to associate it with an ancient Greek legend. Fourth Century BC, the Greek city-state of Sicily Syracuse (Syrac

43、use) (Dionysius) the tyrant Dionysius had a minister named Damour (Chris Damocles). He is very envious of the royal style, often said Christopher. One day the king, the king asked him to dinner, let him sit on his throne. He is also overwhelmed by an unexpected favour tranquillity, until, suddenly l

44、ooked up, I saw a head hanging over a string (say a horse) could fall down at any time from the sword. He was scared and almost no end. The king to make this arrangement, let him understand, though in the throne of kings, is in a constant state of anxiety. May comeat any time. The above fatal disast

45、er story of ancient Rome statesman, orator, philosopher Cicero (Cicero, 106-43BC) was quoted in the "Kurum Tucci conversation recorded" made. After the person is the sword of Da this sword Mocles (Chris Damour sword), and used to metaphor refers to the "catastrophe". This metapho

46、r has entered many languages, such as French Epee de Damocles. hang by a hair English idioms / thread was based on the literal translation, literally meaning is "a horsehair hanging (lines), and Chinese the idiom" at a crucial moment "image meaning almost, can also be translated into&

47、quot; in jeopardy "or" broken ".Examples: His, life, was, hanging, by, a, thread, after, the, heart, attack.He had a heart attack and was in dangerPeace, is, hanging, by, a, thread, this, week, as, negotiations, run, into, serious, difficulties.The prospects for peace have been grim this week as negotiations bogged downThe, possibility, of, losing, his, hung, over, him, like, job, a,