英语词汇lightning never strikes twice的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

lightning never strikes twice. Not only does lightning strike twice in the same place, it is more likely to strike in the same place than not, simply because the tree or whatever else serves as the conductor for the first strike is the highest, most attrac- tive point in the area. Nevertheless, the old superstition has been around for centuries and is often used in the expression lightning never strikes twice, meaning that anything, either bad or good, that happened once won’t happen again. The ancients held that persons struck dead by lightning were incorruptible and they honored them, but many used various charms to pro- tect themselves against lightning, which kills about 150 people a year in the U.S.

词汇	lightning never strikes twice
词源	lightning never strikes twice. Not only does lightning strike twice in the same place, it is more likely to strike in the same place than not, simply because the tree or whatever else serves as the conductor for the first strike is the highest, most attrac- tive point in the area. Nevertheless, the old superstition has been around for centuries and is often used in the expression lightning never strikes twice, meaning that anything, either bad or good, that happened once won’t happen again. The ancients held that persons struck dead by lightning were incorruptible and they honored them, but many used various charms to pro- tect themselves against lightning, which kills about 150 people a year in the U.S.
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