It takes two to tango:一个巴掌拍不响
<p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tango">tango</span>:一个巴掌拍不响</p><p>基本来说，这个短语很容易误导人。“<span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tango">tango</span>”的字面意思是“探戈舞需要两个人来跳”，照此推理，本应推出个鼓舞人心的“团结才是力量”，可它怎么竟成了贬义词“一个巴掌拍不响”？不急，咱们慢慢来解析。 先说<span word="tango">tango</span>（探戈）。探戈一般要男女对跳，男人粗犷、女人妖冶，构成了探戈舞的巨大张力。这种舞蹈源于18世纪的阿根廷，当时被认为是上流社会的色情面具，同时也是草根阶层释放欲望的最好方式。 <span word="Tango">Tango</span>的这层“诱惑、情色”意，很容易让人联想到它的同音异形词<span word="tangle">tangle</span>（纠缠、扭缠在一起）。如果看过奥斯卡影片“<span word="Scent">Scent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>”（《闻香识女人》），想必您还能记得老上校对<span word="tango">tango</span>的经典定义“<span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span>, <span word="get">get</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="tangled">tangled</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="just">just</span> <span word="tango">tango</span> <span word="on">on</span>.” 如果（探戈）跳错了，那就让大家的舞步都混乱好了，这才是探戈。 说到这儿，想必您也明白了，（<span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span>）<span word="tango">tango</span>其实是取了<span word="tangle">tangle</span>的谐音，而整个短语“<span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tango">tango</span>”实质上由英国俗语“<span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="quarrel">quarrel</span>”（一个巴掌拍不响）发挥创造而来。 下次如果有朋友向您抱怨，女朋友又跟他闹矛盾了，您就可以这样回敬他：<span word="A">A</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fault">fault</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>; <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="blame">blame</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tango">tango</span>.（矛盾不能只归咎于一方，你们两个人都有错，因为一个巴掌拍不响嘛。）</p>
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