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希腊罗马神话故事成语Penelope’s web 永远完不成的工作 a Pandora’s box 潘多拉之盒，灾难、麻烦、祸害的根源like an Apollo 形容男子风度不凡 Achilles’heel 唯一致命弱点 Greek to me 一窍不通the apple of discord 争斗的原因或根源 Helen of Troy 红颜祸水；尤物倾城 to be a Diana 终身不嫁; 小姑独处 Narcissus 孤芳自赏者; 自我陶醉者(因为爱恋自己在水中的影子而憔悴致死的美少年，死后化作水仙花） Adonis 美少年Argonauts 为了某种目的而结成的联盟(现多用于讽刺目的) the wooden horse 很好的计谋 Simon burns one’s boats (bridges) 破釜沉舟to cross the Styx 死亡 a labour of Sisyphus, a Sisyphean task, a Sisyphean toil 徒劳的，永无止境的苦役a herculean task 一件艰巨的，需要力量和勇气完成的任务 Cadmean victory以巨大牺牲换得的胜利 as false as Cressida负心如克瑞西达 Heracle's choice 弃绝享乐的人生选择充满苦难和奋斗的人生道路，最终达到不朽 to rest on one‘s laurels 满足于既得之功，不思进取 Procrustean 削足适履，不问青红皂白的 Trojan horse 任何从内部颠覆一个国家或组织的个人或集团 lotus land 梦幻般的地点或环境, 俚语也指好莱坞 Damon and Pythias 管鲍之交, 莫逆之交, 刎颈之交cut the Cordian knot/cut the knot 以快刀斩乱麻的方式解决棘手问题/用非常的或暴力的手段一举将难题彻底解决to sow dragon's teeth 种下祸根between Scylla and Charybdis 进退维谷; 腹背受敌swan song 来比喻诗人、作曲家、演员等的“最后作品” Electra complex 恋父情结Midas touch 他人财运亨通，无论干什么都能发财as rich as Croesus 极其富有Do in Rome as the Romans do. Rome was not built in a day. 罗马并非一日可建成。We must not lie down,and cry god help us. 求神不如求己Forbidden fruit is sweet. 禁果格外香。God helps those who help themselves. 自助者天助。Man does what he can, and God what He will. 人为其能为，神为所欲为。All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。the sword of Damocles 临头的大难(达摩克里斯, King Dionysius的廷臣, a flatterer, hung by a single hair)
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天堂和地狱(Heaven and Hell)Formerly had a person, he wanted to know how the heaven and the hellwere, he consulted God, after God knew his purpose in coming, thinksto say, “was good, I led you to have a look the hell”Was saying on arrived this person belt in a room, this room very big,middle puts a table central, the table is putting pot soup, the tableall around is gathering round many people, in each person's hand alltakes to have the long handle the ladle, after they because have allscooped up the soup the ladle handle too long, is unable to deliver inown mouth, cries Greatly noisy, is very painful. "Saw, this was a hell! Good, we have a look the heaven." After thatGod to bring him to another room, this room very is also bigMiddle also is putting a table, all around also gathers round manypeople, in each manpower also all is taking a long handle ladle, afterwhat is different was they has scooped up the soup, was not deliversin own mouth, but was delivers in the opposite person's mouth, so,everybody had the soup, was merry, appears the very quick speech.“Saw, this was the heaven!”，This person had understood the original heaven and the hell differencelies in the hell the person only thinks oneself, does not think of theothers, they cross very much painfully. But in the heaven person,thinks of the others, the others also think of you, therefore crossesvery much merrily. 刚好在别处看到的，可以不？^^
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