English Idioms 2022 扔苹果

Words, phrases, expressions from Greek mythology ( a 51 page google-doc):

105dim-thess.thess.sch.gr/1051/files/mythology.pdf

别客气，举手之劳的事情，在电脑里看新闻报道，常常有不懂的词、好像后面有渊源或者故事，搜一下转贴过来即可。
顺祝溪君2022新年吉祥如意！

边大侠这不是在开玩笑吧？
我怎么觉得就是old and hot？

不错，很有启发！那么就这个 "aged with piquancy"吧 ? 

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. ———Euripides

欧里庇得斯（希腊文Ευριπίδης，英文Euripides，公元前480年—前406年）与埃斯库罗斯和索福克勒斯并称为希腊三大悲剧大师，他一生共创作了九十多部作品，保留的有十八部。对于欧里庇得斯的评价，古往今来一向褒贬不一，有人说他是最伟大的悲剧作家，也有人说悲剧在他的手中衰亡，无论这些评价如何反复，无庸置疑的是欧里庇得斯的作品对于后世的影响是深远的。

我发现这个古希腊剧作家的思想（不少名言）同中国文化有相似之处，除了前面已经提到的“外来和尚好念经”外，还比如：
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” 宁愿站着死，不愿跪着生
"Much effort, much prosperity" 一份耕耘，一份收获
“There is the sky, which is all men's together.” 四海之内，皆兄弟也

中文裡同『裝』相關的說法好像都帶貶義。裝派頭，裝成一副有錢人的摸樣等。

The older you get, the wiser you are.

姜还是老的辣

www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/Age/age.html

Age idioms

act your age!
This expression is used to tell someone to stop being silly or childish and behave in a more mature way.
"Come on boys! Stop being so silly and act your age!"

age before beauty
'Age before beauty' is a teasing, playful (and slightly rude) way of indicating to someone that they should go first.
"As he held the door open Charlie said “Go ahead please. Age before beauty, you know!”

get on in years
Someone who is getting on in years is growing old.
"My grandmother is getting on in years. She's no longer able to look after her home without help."

knee-high to a grasshopper
This term refers to a very young and therefore small child.
"Last time I saw you, you were knee-high to a grasshopper!"

long in the tooth
A person who is long in the tooth is a bit too old to do something.
"She's a bit long in the tooth for a cabaret dancer, isn't she?"

mutton dressed as lamb
This expression refers to a middle-aged woman who tries to look younger by dressing in clothes designed for younger people.
"The style doesn't suit her - it has a mutton-dressed-as-lamb effect on her"

no spring chicken
To say that someone is no spring chicken means that they are quite old or well past their youth.
"How old is the owner? I don't know but she's no spring chicken!"

(be) over the hill
If a person is over the hill, they have reached an age when they can no longer perform as well as before.
"Gran! You say you're over the hill, but you're a super cook!"

(live to a) ripe old age
This expression means to live until you are very old.
"If you lead a healthy life you'll live to a ripe old age." said the doctor."

rob the cradle
If you rob the cradle, you have a romantic relationship with someone who is much younger than yourself.
"My uncle Ted is dating a twenty-year-old girl. That's really robbing the cradle!"

senior moment
A momentary lapse of memory, especially in older people, or an absent-minded action such as putting the cereals in the refrigerator,
is humorously referred to as having a senior moment.
"I found the phone in the cupboard. I must have had a senior moment!"

silver surfer
A silver surfer is an elderly person who uses the internet.
"After just a few questions my grandmother was ready to join the silver surfers."

put years on someone
If an event or difficult situation puts years on someone, it makes them look or feel much older.
"I hardly recognized Mr. Brown. His illness has put years on him."

Magic tea leaves, when will the pandemic end?

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve

To show one's intimate emotions in an honest and open manner. But a sleeve? 

In the Middle Ages, sleeve not only referred to a part of a garment covering the arm but to a piece of armor for covering and protecting the arm. When participating in a joust, knights would often dedicate their performance to a lady of the court and wear something of hers, such as a scarf or ribbon, around their sleeve of armor, which indicated to the tournament's spectators which lady the knight favored. This chivalrous and affectionate gesture may be the source of the saying "wear your heart on your sleeve."

to have something up one's sleeve： 錦囊妙計
To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required.
A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one's sleeve.

I have a few tricks up my sleeve if he decides to pursue legal action against me. (zt)

Sunk Cost is a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered.

沉没成本，有时也叫“协和谬误”，指英国和法国政府继续为协和式飞机提供基金的事，而当时已经这种飞机没有任何经济效益可言。这个项目被英国政府私下叫做“商业灾难”，本就不该开始，当时也就要取消了，但由于一些政治、法律等问题，两国政府最终都没有脱身。

近日纽约时报经济专栏作家Peter Coy引用管理学上的“沉没成本”来解释普京继续推进战争的动机，因为他很难接受已经投入的军队将是徒劳无功，也就是捨不得已经“沉没”、花掉的成本，于是持续投入兵员武器，想扳回局面，结果却可能损失更多成本。美国在阿富汗20年的战争也是这种情况，但是普京不想停战的另个原因是他无法面对承认失败的后果。所以，就算再打下去能赢的机会愈来愈渺茫，但是现在承认败仗的代价更高，因此他会继续搏下去。