英语词汇nose out of joint的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

nose out of joint. Sometimes this expression is used wrong- ly as a general description of a conceited person. The only con- nection here is that it really means to humiliate a conceited person, as well as to supplant a person in another’s affections, and to upset someone’s plans. Recorded as early as the 16th century, the phrase suggests the altering of a nose that is al- ways confidently stuck up in the air, the downfall of vanity. Samuel Pepys wrote that the marriage of Charles II to Cather- ine of Braganza, “a very fine and handsome lady,” would put his mistress Madame Castlemaine’s “nose out of joynt.” Actu- ally having one’s nose out of joint is a very painful condition.

词汇	nose out of joint
词源	nose out of joint. Sometimes this expression is used wrong- ly as a general description of a conceited person. The only con- nection here is that it really means to humiliate a conceited person, as well as to supplant a person in another’s affections, and to upset someone’s plans. Recorded as early as the 16th century, the phrase suggests the altering of a nose that is al- ways confidently stuck up in the air, the downfall of vanity. Samuel Pepys wrote that the marriage of Charles II to Cather- ine of Braganza, “a very fine and handsome lady,” would put his mistress Madame Castlemaine’s “nose out of joynt.” Actu- ally having one’s nose out of joint is a very painful condition.
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