英语词汇leave no stone unturned的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

leave no stone unturned. So familiar is this saying that no one has trouble understanding Ogden Nash’s pun, “When I throw rocks at seabirds, I leave no tern unstoned.” It was advice that the Delphic oracle gave when the Theban general Poly- crates asked how he could find treasure that the defeated Per- sians had hidden somewhere on the field after the battle of Plataea in 479 b.c. “Move all things,” the Delphic oracle said, and Polycrates did so, finally locating the horde. The expression has meant “to show great industry” in English since the mid 16th century, probably first as a variation of the earlier leave no straw unturned, in reference to the straw-covered floors typical of the time.

词汇	leave no stone unturned
词源	leave no stone unturned. So familiar is this saying that no one has trouble understanding Ogden Nash’s pun, “When I throw rocks at seabirds, I leave no tern unstoned.” It was advice that the Delphic oracle gave when the Theban general Poly- crates asked how he could find treasure that the defeated Per- sians had hidden somewhere on the field after the battle of Plataea in 479 b.c. “Move all things,” the Delphic oracle said, and Polycrates did so, finally locating the horde. The expression has meant “to show great industry” in English since the mid 16th century, probably first as a variation of the earlier leave no straw unturned, in reference to the straw-covered floors typical of the time.
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