莎士比亚作品的10个经典短语

1、源自于莎士比亚作品的10个经典短语 1. Green-Eyed Monster: 嫉妒The evil Iago plants doubts in Othellos mind about his wifes faithfulness, while advising him, O, beware, mylord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on. (Othello, Act 3, Scene 3)莎士比亚原文：邪恶的伊阿古让奥赛罗对妻子的忠心起了疑心，提醒他说，“

2、噢，大人，要小心嫉妒之心！那可是一只绿眼的妖魔，它惯于耍弄爪下的猎物。”（奥赛罗，第3幕第3场）2. In a Pickle: 处于困境In The Tempest, King Alonso asks his jester, Trinculo, How camest thou in this pickle? And the drunkTrinculo who has indeed gotten into trouble responds I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last . (Act 5, Scene 1)莎士比亚原文：在暴风雨

3、中，那不勒斯国王阿朗索问他的弄臣特林鸠罗，“你怎么让自己到这般境地了？”的确深陷困境且已烂醉的特林鸠罗回答说：“我自从上次参见过您之后就一直处于这般境地了”（第5幕第1场）3. Love Is Blind: 爱是盲目的In The Merchant of Venice, Jessica is shy about her beloved Lorenzo seeing her disguised as a boy, but recognizes that it wont affect his love for her, saying, But love is blind and lovers ca

4、nnot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit . (Act 2, Scene6)莎士比亚原文：在威尼斯商人中，杰西卡不好意思让深爱的罗伦佐看到她伪装成一个男孩，不过也意识到这并不妨碍他爱她，她说，“可爱情是盲目的，爱侣们看不到他们自己犯下的那些美丽又愚蠢的错误”（第2幕，第6场）4. Salad Days: 一个人的青春年少时光In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra recalls her relationship with Julius Caesar that occurred during, My s

5、alad days, / When I was green in judgment. (Act 1, Scene 5)莎士比亚原文：在安东尼与克莉奥佩特拉中，克莉奥佩特拉回忆起她与凯撒的那一段感情在“我青春年少的时光，我还不太会看人的时候”（第1幕第5场）PS：最初，英语使用者只用salad days表示克莉奥佩特拉所说的“青春、稚嫩的时光”。不过现在，这个短语通常表示“鼎盛时期”。5. Wear My Heart on My Sleeve: 公开表达感情Discussing his planned betrayal of Othello, the villain Iago says, But

6、 I will wear my heart upon my sleeve / For dawsto peck at: I am not what I am. (Othello, Act 1, Scene 1)莎士比亚原文：在说到对奥赛罗的背叛计划时，邪恶的伊阿古说，“可是我会敞开心扉，让鸟儿随意翻啄：我并不是你们看到的我。”（奥赛罗，第1幕第1场）6. Theres the Rub: 这就是问题所在In Hamlets famous To be or not to be soliloquy, ay, theres the rub is the tormented princes acknowl

7、edgement that death may not end his difficulties because the dead may perhaps still be troubled by dreams. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1)莎士比亚原文：在哈姆雷特那句著名的“生存或者死亡”独白中，“唉，这就是问题所在”表示饱受折磨的王子认识到，死亡并不能结束他的痛苦，因为死人可能仍然会被梦境困扰。（哈姆雷特，第3幕第1场）7. Cruel to Be Kind: 要想善良，必先残忍；忠言逆耳I must be cruel only to be kind; / Thus b

8、ad begins, and worse remains behind, says the tormented Hamlet. He has just mistakenly killed Polonius, and its clear that he doesnt know how bad things are going to get. (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)饱受折磨的哈姆雷特说：“要想善良，必先残忍，坏事开了头，更糟糕的还在后面。”他刚刚误杀了波洛尼厄斯，而且很明显他根本不知道事情会糟糕到什么程度。（哈姆雷特，第3幕第4场）8. Wild Goose Chase:

9、 复杂又无果的追寻或搜索；徒劳无果In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio likens the rapid exchange of jokes between Romeo and himself to the cross-country horse race of Shakespeares time, known as the wild goose chase, in which any number of riders tried to keep up with and accurately follow the lead riders course: Nay, if o

10、ur 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)莎士比亚原文：在罗密欧与朱丽叶中，马库修将他和罗密欧之间机智的笑话比拼比做莎士比亚时期的跨境赛马，即“追野鹅”，比赛中所有骑手都要尽力追上并精准跟随在骑手领袖的阵型中：“不行啊，如果咱们俩的智商比拼像追野鹅那样的话，我就完蛋了，因为你任何一个智慧阵型中的野鹅都比我全部5个阵

11、型里的多。”（第2幕第4场）9. Dogs of War: 战争的恐惧之处In Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1, agrief-stricken Mark Antony predicts that the instability following Caesars 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.)莎士比亚原文：在凯撒大帝第3幕第1场中，悲伤过度的马克安东尼预言称，凯撒大帝被谋杀后的不稳定局势会导致内战：“下令抢劫！让战争的恐惧溜走吧！”（*Cry havoc是军队中的命令用语，指下令让士兵从敌人手中抢掠。）10. Strange Bedfellows: 不可能结盟的两个人；同床异梦When Trinculo seeks shelter from a storm under the cloak of a creature hes very unsure about he wonders if its a manor