口语：“不要再费口舌了！”
<p>口语：“不要再费口舌了！”</p><p>想象一下，“拿棍子去打已经咽气了的马（<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>）”会是什么意思？在论坛上看到了如下猜测：1）棒打落水狗；2）落井下石；3）死马当活马医。呵呵，很有道理的想象，不过，俚语瞎蒙不得。 “<span word="To">To</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>”出自古罗马戏剧，在喜剧大师<span word="Plautus">Plautus</span>（普劳图斯约<span word="B">B</span>.<span word="C">C</span>. 250-184）的剧作里，主人公狠命抽打一匹已经死掉了的马，希望能把“它”激活，让它站起来继续为主人托货物。试想，马都已经死掉了，你还想把它打活？除非有回天之术，否则，简直是“白费力气，枉做无用功”。这正是理解该片语的契机所在。 日常生活中，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>”常用在如下语境：1）你试图去讨论没人感兴趣的旧事（炒冷饭）；2）你试图说服对方改变已经做好的决定（白费口舌）3）你试图扭转已成定局的事态（徒劳无功）。 此外，“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>”也可写做“<span word="to">to</span> <span word="flog">flog</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>”。 看下面一个例句：</p><p>--"<span word="Dad">Dad</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="sure">sure</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="can">can</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="computer">computer</span>?" （“爸爸，你真的决定我们不再添新电脑了吗？”）</p><p>--"<span word="Son">Son</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="was">was</span> '<span word="no">no</span>'. <span word="You">You</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="beating">beating</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>."（“孩子，这事儿我们已经谈过了，答案是‘不添’。不要再白费口舌了。”）</p>
页:
[1]