英语词汇one swallow does not a summer make的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

one swallow does not a summer make. The proverb was first recorded in English as It is not one swallow that bryngeth in somer. It is not one good qualitie that maketh a man good (1539). However, Aristotle recorded the Greek proverb One swallow does not make a spring long before this. The migratory swallow is still regarded as a harbinger of summer. The nests of some species, formed from the spawn of fish and seaweed bound together by the bird’s solidified saliva, are used for bird’s nest soup, among the most recherché of exotic gourmet foods. They are the subject of many legends—e.g., that they mate while in flight and that they bring good luck to any house they build a nest upon. Scandinavian tradition says that swallows hovered over the cross of Christ crying Svala! svala! (“Con- sole! console!”), hence their name svalow, “the bird of consola- tion.” One swallow does not a summer make means that all of one’s troubles aren’t over just because one difficulty is surmounted.

词汇	one swallow does not a summer make
词源	one swallow does not a summer make. The proverb was first recorded in English as It is not one swallow that bryngeth in somer. It is not one good qualitie that maketh a man good (1539). However, Aristotle recorded the Greek proverb One swallow does not make a spring long before this. The migratory swallow is still regarded as a harbinger of summer. The nests of some species, formed from the spawn of fish and seaweed bound together by the bird’s solidified saliva, are used for bird’s nest soup, among the most recherché of exotic gourmet foods. They are the subject of many legends—e.g., that they mate while in flight and that they bring good luck to any house they build a nest upon. Scandinavian tradition says that swallows hovered over the cross of Christ crying Svala! svala! (“Con- sole! console!”), hence their name svalow, “the bird of consola- tion.” One swallow does not a summer make means that all of one’s troubles aren’t over just because one difficulty is surmounted.
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