英語習(xí)語諺語成語用法精粹 文學(xué)名著類2-37 much cry and little wool

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【字面理解】聲多雨少

【英文解析】great braggers, little doers; a lot of fuss with little effect; a lot of fuss about nothing

【中文解析】徒勞無功;空口說白話，雷聲大雨點(diǎn)兒小

【典型例句】① Our politicians repeatedly pledge to root out corruption, but it is always much cry and little wool. 我們的政客再三指天誓日地說要根除貪污，可是始終 雷聲大雨點(diǎn)小。

② His diary was much more cry than wool.他的日記里空 話遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于實(shí)事。

【注釋】源自中世紀(jì)神秘劇《大衛(wèi)和阿比該》(David and Abigail)：阿比該的丈夫拿八(Nabal)曾經(jīng)把羊按 在地上剪毛，魔鬼看見了，也想學(xué)他那樣剪羊毛，但 是，卻抓了些豬來按在地上剪，結(jié)果把豬弄得嚎叫起 來，而魔鬼當(dāng)然也剪不到羊毛。劇中原文是：Great cry and little wool, as the Devil said when he sheared the hogs (正如魔鬼給豬剪毛的時(shí)候說的，羊毛沒有，叫 聲卻響)?，F(xiàn)在，人們往往把這句話略作much/great cry and little wool。