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horn-mada. mad as a horned beast,mad as an infuri-ated bull,(with the allusion to cuckold's horns)像一个头上长角的畜生那样发狂,像一头愤怒的公牛那样发狂,犄角疯,(兼指)头上长角——戴绿帽子。 △Ado.1.1.279 (269): “Ifthis should ever happen,thou wouldst be horn-mad.”如果真发生这事,你一定会像一头有角的畜生那样发狂。 △Wiv.1.4.50 (49): “if he had found the young man,hewould have been horn-mad. ”如果他发现了这年轻人,他可要变成一头发疯的公牛 了(又译:他会因妒火中烧而发狂)。 △Wiv.3.5.156 (150): “If I have horns to make onemad,let the proverb go with me: I'll be horn-mad.”如果头上生角使我发狂,那可就用上了那句俗话:我要发牛脾气了。 △Com.2.1.57: “Sure my master is horn-mad.”我的主人一定是发了犄角疯了。(双关:“头上长角”——妻子与人私通。) |