英文:famous last words (n.)
說明:famous last words 這個片語首次出現在 1920 年代。除了用作本文的比喻意思外,它亦經常被用作字面意思,即名人臨終遺言或世界知名人物人生最後所說的話,包括蘋果公司已故創辦人賈伯斯 (Steve Jobs) 臨終前所說的 “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow” 以及美國著名小說家、諾貝爾文學獎得主海明威 (Ernest Hemingway) 自殺前對他妻子瑪麗所說的 “Goodnight my kitten” (晚安,我的小貓)。
例句:
- Jack: I think I should tell my wife we went to nightclub last night. (傑克:我想我應該告訴我太太,我們昨晚上夜店)
John: Famous last words. (約翰:說得好像真的一樣) - Cindy told me categorically that we could never be anything more than friends. Famous last words! Within a few months we got married. (辛蒂直截了當地告訴我,我們只可能做朋友。說得跟真的一樣!才過了幾個月我們就結婚了)
- Elvis Presley’s famous last words were “I’m going to the bathroom to read.” (歌壇天王「貓王」臨終前的最後一句話是「我要去廁所看書」)