英语词汇hung higher than gilderoy-s kite的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hung higher than Gilderoy’s kite. Patrick Mac Gregor, a handsome highwayman regarded as something of a Robin Hood in folklore, was nicknamed “Gilderoy” for his red hair (from the Scottish dialect words Gillie roy, “a red-headed lad”). The daring Gilderoy, who boasted that he had robbed old Car- dinal Richelieu in the presence of the king and picked Cromwell’s pocket, made the mistake of hanging a much-hated judge. A bad tactical error, for the judge who sentenced the outlaw after his capture in 1636 was a hanging judge who didn’t want to encourage the hanging of hanging judges. He sentenced Gilderoy to be hanged far higher than his four confederates, “high aboon the rest” as the old ballad goes. Gilderoy’s gallows stretched 30 feet into the Edinburgh sky, and he was left hang- ing there for weeks as a warning. No kite, or “body,” had ever been hung higher than Gilderoy’s, it was said by the thousands who saw him, and since that sad June day to be hung higher than Gilderoy’s kite has signified the most severe punishment possible.

词汇	hung higher than gilderoy-s kite
词源	hung higher than Gilderoy’s kite. Patrick Mac Gregor, a handsome highwayman regarded as something of a Robin Hood in folklore, was nicknamed “Gilderoy” for his red hair (from the Scottish dialect words Gillie roy, “a red-headed lad”). The daring Gilderoy, who boasted that he had robbed old Car- dinal Richelieu in the presence of the king and picked Cromwell’s pocket, made the mistake of hanging a much-hated judge. A bad tactical error, for the judge who sentenced the outlaw after his capture in 1636 was a hanging judge who didn’t want to encourage the hanging of hanging judges. He sentenced Gilderoy to be hanged far higher than his four confederates, “high aboon the rest” as the old ballad goes. Gilderoy’s gallows stretched 30 feet into the Edinburgh sky, and he was left hang- ing there for weeks as a warning. No kite, or “body,” had ever been hung higher than Gilderoy’s, it was said by the thousands who saw him, and since that sad June day to be hung higher than Gilderoy’s kite has signified the most severe punishment possible.
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