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3. add insult to injury 落井下石;雪上加霜
- h; }5 s' P3 s 释义:hurt a person's feelings after doing him or her : Y, g2 X; | P! g9 G* F0 h
harm; also, make a bad situation worse; s: j# l) ^# z
例句:Not only did Jim's girlfriend give him thr brush-off
/ t% H+ R; v* O. C! h last month, but the he lost his job yesterday. That really add insult , `2 o% `9 B3 b+ \ c ^
to injury.
; M+ H8 }: R* c/ j 上个月吉姆的女朋友把他给甩了,昨天他又被炒了鱿鱼,这可真是雪上0 x2 {) W8 m5 ^) ]6 W, T
加霜。# }- N4 o' _- \! }8 n, n' `4 @. b6 o
典故:两千多年前希腊哲学家菲德拉斯(Phaedrus)的寓言里就提到了这个
* P- N/ D! l6 H, b 成语。他引用了伊索的一则寓言,讲到一名秃顶男人,原想赶走停在& Y7 g% j' V4 q! L# x
头上的苍蝇,结果苍蝇没打着,却打了自己的头。苍蝇嘲笑他道:
4 _: h9 c% F) s; ?, A You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do
) {) f8 _2 d2 G0 _* Q6 J to yourself since you have added insult to injury?' E0 ?% h' ]2 ?0 A( T" D/ D
刚才只不过碰了你一下,就要杀我。现在你自己朝伤口上撒盐,雪上加
2 `% I! E. D$ n 霜,又怎么办呢?( d1 G) x$ v( G/ q7 C7 I- b8 U
1978年埃德华·穆尔(Edward Moore)在其《弃儿》(The $ s+ K4 {1 C, T0 l8 g, A. p4 B
Foundling)一剧中也使用过这个短语:6 {/ j0 D) q: C6 X" e1 E
This is adding insult to injuries., D9 p1 Z" l; f2 ]& ^, d
这就叫落井下石。 |
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