词源趣谈 | like ships that pass in the night 萍水相逢

like ships that pass in the night 意指两人萍水相逢。它出自美国诗人朗费罗（H.W.Longfellow，1807—1882）的诗篇《路畔旅舍的故事》（Tales of a Wayside Inn）：

Ships that pass in the night，and speak to each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.
船，划过夜色，互相私语；
黑夜中远处的声响是唯一的信号；
在似海的人生中，擦肩而过，侃侃而谈，
只是眼神，只是声音；然后黑暗笼罩，
只剩下一片寂静。