词源趣谈 | warts and all 不隐瞒缺点的,毫不遮丑地

warts and all 指毫不隐瞒任何故障或缺陷。比如:

  • She still loves him, warts and all.
    她仍然爱他,不管他有什么缺点。
  • He gives us a portrait of the real Gandhi, warts and all
    他向我们描绘了真正的甘地,包括他的不足。

英国政治家奥利弗·克伦威尔(Oliver Cromwell)对肖像画家彼得·莱利爵士(Sir Peter Lely)指示道:

Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
莱利先生,我希望您使出浑身解数忠实地描绘我,不要有一点粉饰,要把你所看见的那些粗糙之处、粉刺、肉粒等等全都画出来,否则我不会付一分钱。