名人教你讲英文：和silver有关的惯用语

名人教英文：和silver有关的惯用语

近期有多套奥斯卡得奖电影上映，包括 silver linings playbook，jennifer lawrence 凭此片勇夺奥斯卡影后，剧情讲述同患情绪病的失婚汉和年轻寡妇如何重拾幸福。片名在两岸三地的译法各有不同：港译《失恋自作业》，和原名关系不大，却胜在地道“生鬼”；台译《帕特的幸福剧本》，然而playbook 不单解作剧本，也可解作球赛或其他活动的攻略，根据剧情，译“攻略”比“剧本”贴题；内地译为《乌云背后的幸福线》，最接近片名的字面义，因为 silver linings 来自英文惯用语 every cloud has a silver lining。每片乌云都镶着银边，意思是再坏的情况也有好的一面，犹如中文的“塞翁失马，焉知非福”。

every cloud has a silver lining 一语有很多变奏，包括 the silver lining in/to something is that... 和 if there is a silver lining in/to something, it is that...。例如：the silver lining to losing the match was that our team learnt a lot from the defeat. 也有人把这话反过来：every silver lining has a cloud 即“塞翁得马，焉知非祸”。

再介绍几个和 silver 有关的惯用语。born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 即“含着银匙出世”。hand something to someone on a silver platter（银盘）意思是把贵重的东西轻易奉送别人，而 be handed something on a silver platter 即没有付出就轻易得到，如：the spoiled child expects everything to be handed to him on a silver platter.