The salt of the earth 世上的盐
关于盐的短语,稍一拾掇就能罗列一大串,如:说你加深我的痛苦最常用Youve rubbed salt in my wounds(你在我伤口上撒了把盐),邀请贵宾坐上席可以说Please sit above the salt(请上座) 今天谈的the salt of the earth(精英)源于《圣经》。
据《新约马太福音》记载:耶稣对他的门徒说:Ye are the salt of the earth:but if the salt have lost its savor,wherewith shall it be salted? (你们是世上的盐,盐若失了味,如何才能再咸呢?)
在这里,salt转义为elite of the world(中坚力量,精英,高尚的人)。这是耶稣在福音结尾时所说的话,既然他把门徒比做世上的盐,足见此种称赞高乎寻常。
其实,盐自古代就很贵重,并被认为是尊贵的象征罗马士兵有专门用来买盐的salary(津贴);伊丽莎白时代,王公贵族们的餐桌上都摆着一个很大的盐罐,贵宾坐在盐罐的上首,正因此才有短语Please sit above the salt(请上座)。
看两个关于盐的例句:
When I entered the banquet hall,they all stood up and asked me to sit above the salt.(我一走进宴会厅,他们都站了起来,请我坐上席。)
They think of themselves as the salt of the earth.(他们自认为是社会中坚。)
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