{"id":15530,"date":"2018-04-20T15:04:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.myes.school\/magazine\/?p=15530"},"modified":"2022-06-17T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:43:03","slug":"i-modi-di-dire-in-inglese-inventati-da-shakespeare-e-usati-ancora-oggi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myes-staging.nohup.host\/it\/tips-e-curiosita\/i-modi-di-dire-in-inglese-inventati-da-shakespeare-e-usati-ancora-oggi\/","title":{"rendered":"I modi di dire in inglese inventati da Shakespeare (e usati ancora oggi)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakespeare \u00e8 stato senza alcun dubbio il pi\u00f9 importante scrittore e poeta inglese mai vissuto.<\/strong> Anche se \u00e8 morto circa 400 anni fa (l’anniversario della sua morte \u00e8 il 23 aprile, giorno denominato Shakespeare Day<\/em>), la sua eredit\u00e0 \u00e8 oggi viva pi\u00f9 che mai: lo sapevi che, nell’inglese corrente, sono davvero tante le parole e le frasi coniate dal grande drammaturgo o prese in prestito dalle sue opere? Oggi ti insegner\u00f2 alcuni termini e idiomi che i madrelingua inglesi utilizzano correntemente… proprio grazie al “Bardo di Avon”<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n

I modi di dire in inglese inventati da Shakespeare (e usati ancora oggi)<\/h2>\n\n

Gli aggettivi shakespeariani<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Fashionable:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Stylish and cool.<\/p>\n

E.g. She is the most fashionable girl I know, she always wears the newest trends. <\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Cold-blooded:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Behaving in a very cruel way with no sympathy for other people.<\/p>\n

E.g. Hannibal Lector was a cold-blooded murderer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Gloomy:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Somewhat dark, not bright and sunny.<\/p>\n

E.g. I don’t like the winter in London, the days are short and gloomy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Worthless:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Having no real value or use.<\/p>\n

E.g.\u00a0I’m sad that I didn’t find anything at the antique market, everything was worthless junk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Majestic:\u00a0<\/strong>Large and impressively beautiful.<\/p>\n

E.g. The most majestic place I have ever visited was the Grand Canyon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Le frasi shakespeariane<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Ecco invece qualche frase che \u00e8 entrata a tutti gli effetti a far parte del vocabolario anglosassone. Probabilmente non le avrai mai sentite, a meno che tu non abbia vissuto in UK o frequentato la migliore scuola di inglese<\/a>, quindi ti consiglio di appuntartele!<\/p>\n\n

The world is your oyster:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>You’re young and healthy with no commitments.<\/p>\n\n

Love is blind:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>When you love someone for their inner beauty and you don’t care about their defects.<\/p>\n\n

Wild-goose chase:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>An absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable.<\/p>\n\n

In a pickle:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>To be in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n\n

All that glitters is not gold:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Something that seems good and precious on the surface but is actually not valuable.<\/p>\n\n

What’s done is done:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>When you can’t change something that’s already happened.<\/p>\n\n

\"Shakespeare<\/p>\n

L’ultimo bacio di Romeo e Giulietta di Francesco Hayez<\/p>\n\n

Conversation 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Julia: <\/strong>I’m in a pickle, I’m thinking about breaking up with Robert.<\/em><\/p>\n

Portia: <\/strong>Leave him, he is worthless and you are the most fashionable girl at school. The world is your oyster!<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Conversation 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Anthony: <\/strong>Have you seen Roger’s ugly new girlfriend?<\/em><\/p>\n

Henry: <\/strong>Wow, that was a cold-blooded<\/strong> thing to say!<\/em><\/p>\n

Anthony: <\/strong>I guess I should have said ‘love must be blind’<\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Conversation 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Emilia: <\/strong>It was a wild-goose chase<\/strong> trying to find a nice gold necklace at the worthless<\/strong> vintage shop.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kate: <\/strong>Well all that glitters is not gold.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Emilia:<\/strong> I wasted the entire day there. Oh well what’s done is done!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n