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July 13, 2024 08:00
Word story – as fresh as a daisy

Word story – as fresh as a daisy

be as fresh as a daisy (idiom) – to be full of energy and enthusiasm
Definition – Cambridge Dictionary

Если речь заходит о человеке, который даже в самых сложных обстоятельствах бодр и свеж, полон энергии и цветуще выглядит, для характеристики этого человека в английском языке может быть использована идиома as fresh as a daisy.

История происхождения идиомы as fresh as a daisy

Слово daisy происходит от древнеанглийского dæges éage, что означает day’s eye. Название намекает на то, что цветок открывается утром и закрывается ночью также, как человек закрывает глаза ночью во время сна. По всей видимости, лепестки сравнивали с ресницами, а серединку цветка с глазом человека.
«Отец английской поэзии» Джефри Чосер в своем произведении «Легенда о примерных женщинах» не только упоминает этимологию слова daisy, но и описывает, как цветок закрывает и открывает свои лепестки.

to look upon the daisy,
That for good reason men do name
The ‘day’s eye’ or else the ‘eye of day’,
The Empress, and flower of flowers all.

As soon as ever sun sinks in the west
To see this flower, how she does sink to rest
For fear of night, she so hates the darkness.
Her face is wholly open to the brightness
Of the sun, for there it does unclose.
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologue to The Legend of Good Women, 1388

Впервые идиома была использована была опубликована в английском журнале The Town and Country Magazine в 1778 году.

Harry Bluster no sooner enters the room, than he gives, “A yoy ho! yoy―yoy my boys―here I am, sound wind and limb―fresh as a daisy, came a hundred miles yesterday―nothing stopt, five-barred gates and all; they took me at one place for the flying highwayman.”
Corrigidor [= Chastiser], The Town and Country Magazine; or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment (London), November 1778

Идиома as fresh as a daisy построена на сравнении двух предметов или людей с использованием структуры as … as. В английском языке существует довольно большое количество идиом на основе данной сравнительной структуры, например, as fit as fiddle, as keen as mustard, as happy as clam, as thick as thieves, as cool as a cucumber.

Варианты перевода идиомы as fresh as a daisy

цветущий, пышущий здоровьем; 
свежа как роза;
свежа как цветок;
бодрый, неуставший; 
свежий как огурчик;
полный юношеского задора

Примеры использования идиомы s fresh as a daisy

He liked Lucy Moore, in his own way. ‘She's fresh as a daisy,’ he often thought, ‘and a regular smarter.’
A. J. Cronin, Three Loves, 1932
When I've had a good sleep, I'll be as fresh as a daisy.
K. S. Prichard, The Roaring Nineties, 1955
The man's vitality is amazing. Just when you think he's done himself in, he surprises you by bounding up and beginning all over again as fresh as a daisy.
Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again, 1940
Basking in the New York City sunshine, the 26-year-old star looked as fresh as a daisy in a perfect look for the warmer months ahead.
Alex Kessler, Glamour, 8 May 2024
Doing laundry can be a daunting task, especially when trying to find that perfect laundry detergent that not only cleans clothes but also leaves them smelling fresh as a daisy.
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 April 2023
If their sound was fresh as a daisy back in the day, it’s flowered into a movement in music that can be heard in synthwave, electro-pop and many other sub-genres that continue to flourish.
Lars Brandle, Billboard, 4 February 2022

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Тема: Grammar & Vocabulary       Теги: Wordstory, Etymology

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