拳击手为何要击打空气? beat the air
击打空气.指与想像的敌人作毫无意义的斗争,喻白费力气或枉费心机。
出自《圣经》。据《新约·哥林多前书》第9章记载,哥林多教会各派系之间发生纷争,同时还出现了乱伦的罪恶现象。圣保罗对此深恶痛绝,便写信规劝各派系停止争斗,同时申斥了乱伦行为。在信中圣保罗还对当时的一些宗教问题作了回答。他写道:I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beat the air. (所以我奔跑,不像无定向的;我斗拳,不像打空气的。)人们于是就用“击打空气”来表示做吃力不讨好的无用功。另说这个短语的来源可以追溯到中古时期欧洲骑士的决斗风俗。只要敌对的一方因胆怯而不出场,另一方即举起手中的武器向空中挥舞,以示胜利。这个动作一直延续到现代的拳击场,拳击手(pugilist)一出场就会向假想的对手连续击打几下,以表示必胜的信心,此语有时也作beat the wind (与风打斗),寓意一样。
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