the salt of the earth的词源

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bigot: [16] According to the 12th-century Anglo- Norman chronicler Wace, bigot was a contemptuous term applied by the French to the Normans, but it is far from clear where this came from, whether it is the same word as present-day bigot, and, if it is, how it came to mean ‘narrowminded person’. All that can be said for certain is that the word first turned up in its modern form in the 15th century as French bigot, from which English borrowed it.

中文词源

the salt of the earth：社会中坚；民族精华；优秀份子

盐在古代是很贵重的，并被认为是“尊贵”的象征——古罗马士兵就曾经用盐来发工资、发津贴，所以才有了单词salary；在伊丽莎白时代，王公贵族们的餐桌上都摆着一个很大的盐罐，贵宾坐在盐罐的上首，正因为如此才有短语Please sit above the salt（请上座）。

盐是饮食中不可缺少的调味品，人体若缺盐，健康就会受到影响，出现种种疾病。盐还有杀菌、解毒、消炎、除污等多种功用，它既是“百药之王”，又是工业之母，尤其是在古代，盐确实是值得珍视的东西。在许多民族的古代习俗中，盐都被当作敬客的高贵礼品。

今天我们谈的the salt of the earth（精英、中坚力量）一词出自《圣经》。 据《新约·马太福音》记载：耶稣对他的门徒说：“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? ”（你们是世上的盐，盐若失了味，如何才能再变咸呢？）在这里，salt转义为elite of the world（中坚力量，精英，高尚的人）。这是耶稣在福音结尾时所说的话，既然他把门徒比做“世上的盐”，足见此种称赞高乎寻常。

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