A fool’s bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

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Proverbs谚语:

A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.

愚人的箭有时也会射中目标。

句中的bolt古代用作弩箭。这是用射箭比喻愚人的言行。下面两句意思相同,但不用比喻而是用直述法:

Once in a blue moon a fool has a good idea. 愚者千虑,必有一得。

A fool may give wise man counsel. 愚者也会给智者提供中肯意见。

A fool may sometimes speak to the purpose. 傻子的话有时也有中肯的。

No one is a fool always, everyone sometimes.没有人终生当傻瓜,但每个人都可能偶尔当一次傻瓜。

上列第四个例句把 always, sometimes两个时间副词放在两分句末,是为了前后对照,加强了语气。

这些谚语一方面指出愚者有时也会作出智者想不到或是做不到的事;另一方面也指出旁人不要轻视贬低愚者。

但也有与此相反的谚语:

Fools will be fools.

傻瓜总是傻瓜。

He who is born a fool is never cured

天生傻瓜不可救药。

关于智者的谚语可参阅: A good marksman may miss.

Tongue Twister绕口令:

I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

我有一种想法，但是我的这种想法不是我曾经想到的那种想法。如果这种想法是曾经想到的想法，我就不会想那么多了。

上期谜底: three（三只鸭子排队站，数一数）

Riddles谜语:

What goes up as rain comes down?

雨落下的时候什么升上去了？