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The Bible has been the most influential text in all of Western culture. It's difficult to understand medieval or early modern or much of modern literature without knowing it...

Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
from 2006 Bible Literary project

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It's not that it's impossible to read some writers without a Biblical background, but that you would miss a whole dimension to their work.

Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

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You can't really study Western literature intelligently or coherently without starting with the Bible.

Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

Prof. Roland M. Frye
from Shakespeare and the Christian Doctrine

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In English tradition and also for an American tradition begun by Puritan writers, a knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is even more crucial than classical references.

Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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There is no book more important for our culture than the Bible, and it is fundametal to the study of English literature and language.

Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
from the Bible and literature

Fly in the ointment美中不足/一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 (传道书 10:1)

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圣经经文

“As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.” “死苍蝇使做香的膏油发出臭气。这样,一点愚昧,也能败坏智慧和尊荣。” (传道书 10:1)

意思

It is a small problem that upsets a plan or scheme, or stops something from being perfect.

来源及应用

A fly in the ointment(一只膏油里的苍蝇)这习语是一个隐喻。当有一只苍蝇飞进一瓶香水里,它就会破坏了香水那怡人的香味了。即是俗語所謂一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥的意思。

例句

His jumpy career history turned out to be the fly in the ointment when he applied for a job. 他频频转工,是申请职位唯一美中不足的地方。

Keywords

fly    ointment    problem    spoil   

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