俚語(yǔ)：“愛聽八卦，愛打聽！”
[ 2007-04-17 10:04 ]
據(jù)說一個(gè)女人等于500只鴨子，這個(gè)等式是從制造噪音的角度來講的。雖然有些夸張，但是確實(shí)塑造了女人們的“大眾形象”：聚在一起愛聽八卦、愛打聽。剛巧，有俚語(yǔ)“to
have itching ears”可以專門形容這類人。注意啦，英語(yǔ)中“愛窺探秘密的人”會(huì)“耳朵發(fā)‘癢’”。
這種說法來頭還不小，出自《圣經(jīng)·新約·提摩太后書》第4章第3節(jié)?；降氖雇奖Ａ_勸勉其門徒Timothy（提摩太）要精彩布道，用意趣橫生的講解激發(fā)聽眾的興趣：For
the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine;but after their
own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching
ears.（有時(shí)候，他們會(huì)厭煩聽純正的教義，但如果你能激發(fā)聽者聽的欲望，他們就會(huì)聚擁于師傅周圍。）
顯然，保羅口中”to have itching ears“（聽的欲望）可不是讓信徒“聽八卦”，但隨著歲月的流逝，“to have itching
ears”現(xiàn)常用來喻指“好打聽，愛聽新奇的事”?？聪旅孢@個(gè)例句：Yesterday Mrs.Humphry asked me whether I had
heard my neighbors quarrelling with each other；she has itching
ears．（昨天，漢弗萊太太問我是否聽見鄰居吵架了；她就愛聽個(gè)新鮮事。）
最后問一句：Ladies and gentlemen, do you
have itching ears?
(實(shí)習(xí)生江巍 英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津陳蓓編輯)
 圣經(jīng)典故：The
apple of one's eye
圣經(jīng)典故：The
writing on the wall
圣經(jīng)典故：The
salt of the earth
希臘神話：Greek
gift
希臘神話：Swan
song |
