词源趣谈 | a little learning is a dangerous thing 一知半解,为害不浅

谚语 A little learning is a dangerous thin 指一知半解,为害不浅。人们不能怀有骄傲的心态,自认为所知甚多。这一表达出自亚历山大·蒲柏(Alexander Pope)的《论批评》(An Essay on Criticism,1711):

A little learning is a dang’rous thing;
学识浅薄是一件危险的事情;

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.
派利亚泉水要豪饮,不可浅尝。