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从圣经而来的一些英语词汇用法（特别经典欧）
《圣经》是西方世界的历史，社会和文化的集中体现，
《圣经》中
的一些语言已经渗透到英语的日常生活用语当中，了解这些语言，将有助于我们更好的与西方人交流，也会帮 助我
们更好的理解英美文学作品。
一、运用《圣经》中特指的动物进行表述
1
、
A
little bird told me.
一只小鸟告诉我。此言喻指“有人（私下）
告诉我，消息不胫而走”
From: The Book of
Ecclesiastes
《传道书》
Do not curse the king, even in your
thoughts; do not curse the rich, even
in your bedroom; for a bird of the air
may carry your voice, and a bird in flight may
tell the matter.
Example:
--How do you know this information? --A
little bird told me.
2
、
The leopard
won't change its
spots.
豹子不会改变身上的斑点。此言喻指：本性难改
From: The Book of
Jeremiah
《邱利亚书》
Can the
Ethiopion change its skin, or the leopard its
spots? Then may ye
also do
good, that are accustomed to do evil. Therefore I
will scatter them like stubble that passes away by
the wind of the
wilderness.
Example: I think Jim will reform
himself, but Tom won't, as a leopard --- won't
change its spots.
3
、
Balaam's donkey
巴兰的驴
此言喻指“平素沉默驯服而突然提出抗议的人”
From: The Book
of Numbers
《民数记》
So the donkey
said to Balaam,
ridden, ever
since I became yours,to this day? Was I ever
disposed to do this to you?
Example: I don't think Jim is Balaam's
donkey.
4
、
a lion in the
road
道上有狮子
此言喻指：
“拦路虎，可怕的障碍”等
From: The Book
of Proverbs
《箴言》
Do you see a
man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a
fool than
for him. The lazy
man says,
fierce lion is
in the streets!
Example:
A
lion in the road, so he did't pass
the examination.
5
、
Sheep that have
no shepherd
没有牧人的羊群
此言喻指：
“群龙无首，没有领头人
的群众”
。
From: The First Book of Kings
《列王记（上）
》
I saw all Israel scattered
on the mountains, like sheep that have no
shepherd. And the lord
said:
Example: Our group is
like sheep having no shepherd in this match.
二、运用《圣经》中特指的人物进行表述。
1
、
Adam and Eve
亚当和夏娃
[
喻
]
祖先，人类始祖
From: The Book of Genesis
《创世记》
And the
Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into
his nostrils
the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from the
man He
made into a woman and brought
her to the man.
Example:
Tom's grandma lived to be over a hundred,----lived
to be Adam and
Eve, as they
say
.
2
、
Lot's wife
罗德的妻子
[
喻
]
过分好奇的人
From: The Book of
Genesis
《创世纪》
When
the Lord began to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, he
sent two angels to
urge the
goodman Lot and his family to flee and warned them
not to turn their head in flight. But too curious
to see what
was happening to her home
city, his wife looked back behind him, and she
became a pillar of salt.
（其中
S
odom
和
Gomorrah
均是因居
民罪孽深重而被上帝焚毁的古城）
Example:
Curious as Lot's wife, Helen can't get along well
with her classmates.
3
、
Moses
摩西
[
喻
]
领导者，领袖
From: The Book of
Exadus
《出埃及记》
Moses led the Jews out of Egypt.
Example: In this war, you
are our Moses.