想要學好英語，深入理解英國文化的底蘊，莎士比亞可謂是不可不讀。英大今天為大家介紹7個莎士比亞創造的短語!趕快來學習~

1. A night owl

夜貓子
 

 英文解釋：A person who is active late at night

出自：The Rape of Lucrece 《魯克麗絲受辱記》

例句：

She's a night owl and has always done her best work after midnight.

她是個夜貓子，往往在午夜過后工作效率最高。

2. Wear my heart on my sleeve

感情外露
 

 英文解釋：Display your feelings openly, for all to see.

出自：Othello 《奧賽羅》

For when my outward action doth demonstrate

The native act and figure of my heart

In compliment extern, 'tis not long after

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve

For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.

例句：

He wears his heart on his sleeve and often gets hurt.

他是個感情外露的人，常常受傷。

3. In a pickle

處于困境，遇到麻煩
 

 英文解釋：In a difficult situation; in a mess

出自：The Tempest 《暴風雨》

And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they

Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em?

How camest thou in this pickle?

注釋：使用中，可以加上一些形容詞進行強調：in a real/right...pickle

例句：

Things are in a real pickle at the moment, I'm afraid. My assistant's left and I'm completely lost without him!

現在我真是處境窘迫，我的助手離開了，沒有他我簡直不知道從何下手。

4. The milk of human kindness

人的善良天性

英文解釋：Care and compassion for others;kind feelings

出自：Macbeth 《麥克白》

Yet doe I feare thy Nature, It is too full o' th' Milke of humane kindnesse.

例句：

There's not much of the milk of human kindness in him. I've never known such a hard man.

他沒有什么惻隱之心，我從來沒見過這么冷酷的人。

5. Pound of flesh

合法但不合理的要求;(勒令償還的)全部債務;(不顧一切討回的)所欠的東西

英文解釋：Something which is owed that is ruthlessly required to be paid back, even if this will cause them trouble or suffering.

注釋：在使用中，我們可以用動詞take,demand來搭配。

例句：

They want their pound of flesh; they want every penny we owe them by next Monday.

他們一點不講情面，要我們在下周一之前歸還欠他們的每一分錢。

I didn't realize working hear was going to be such hard work. They really demand their pound of flesh, don't they?

我不知道在這里工作這么辛苦。他們簡直不顧別人死活，是不是?

6. Sea change

大轉變;巨變

英文解釋：a strong and noticeable change in a situation

出自：The Tempest 《暴風雨》

Those are pearls that were his eyes:

Nothing of him that doth fade

But doth suffer a sea-change

Into something rich and strange.

Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell

例句：

A sea change has been taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.

年輕人對待父母的態度已經發生了三百六十度轉變。

7. Set your teeth on edge

使人牙根發酸;使感到不舒服(惱怒，煩躁，緊張... ...)

英文解釋：Literally, to cause an unpleasant tingling of the teeth. More generally, the expression is used to describe any feeling of unpleasant distaste.

出自：Henry IV 《亨利四世》

例句：

That noise is really setting my teeth on edge! Can you stop?

那噪聲讓我很不舒服!你能不能停下來?

It sets my teeth on edge when I hear him talking to his mother so rudely.

聽到他跟自己的母親說話這么無禮，我很惱火。

試著用上面的7個詞組造句吧!看看有沒有消化呢~