W. Somerset Maughamの "The Moon and Sixpence" を読んでいます。 'XIV' の章から引用します。
No one runs so hurriedly to the cover of respectability as the unconventional woman who has exposed herself to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety. I do not believe the people who tell me they do not care a row of pins for the opinion of their fellows.
今日は上記引用文から慣用句的な二つの表現を取り上げます。 最初は "slings and arrows" を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Unpleasant or difficult hardships.: We've had our share of slings and arrows, but we've managed to build ourselves up into a stable business.
・Collins COBUILD Idiom Dictionary: Slings and arrows are bad things that happen to you and that are not your fault. She seemed generally unable to cope with the slings and arrows of life. He endured the usual slings and arrows of a life lived in the media spotlight. Note: This expression comes from the line the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, in Shakespeare's play `Hamlet'.
ハムレットのセリフからですか、何か聞き覚えがある思いました。 学生の頃 "To be or not to be..." のセリフを暗唱させられました（昔の理工系の英語はこれで単位が取れたいい加減な内容）が、意味はすっかり忘れていました。
次に "row of pins" を調べます。
・Wiktionary: (idiomatic, dated, chiefly in the negative) An insignificant thing, a whit.: As far as the admissions tax is concerned, it doesn’t amount to a row of pins anyway.
これも古い表現なので他の辞書には載っていませんでした。
No one runs so hurriedly to the cover of respectability as the unconventional woman who has exposed herself to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety. I do not believe the people who tell me they do not care a row of pins for the opinion of their fellows.
今日は上記引用文から慣用句的な二つの表現を取り上げます。 最初は "slings and arrows" を調べます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Unpleasant or difficult hardships.: We've had our share of slings and arrows, but we've managed to build ourselves up into a stable business.
・Collins COBUILD Idiom Dictionary: Slings and arrows are bad things that happen to you and that are not your fault. She seemed generally unable to cope with the slings and arrows of life. He endured the usual slings and arrows of a life lived in the media spotlight. Note: This expression comes from the line the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, in Shakespeare's play `Hamlet'.
ハムレットのセリフからですか、何か聞き覚えがある思いました。 学生の頃 "To be or not to be..." のセリフを暗唱させられました（昔の理工系の英語はこれで単位が取れたいい加減な内容）が、意味はすっかり忘れていました。
次に "row of pins" を調べます。
・Wiktionary: (idiomatic, dated, chiefly in the negative) An insignificant thing, a whit.: As far as the admissions tax is concerned, it doesn’t amount to a row of pins anyway.
これも古い表現なので他の辞書には載っていませんでした。
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