| 词源 |
Abram; Abraham man; Abraham’s bosom. Abram or Abra- ham man, a synonym for beggar, can be traced to the parable in Luke 16:19–31, where “the beggar [Lazarus] died and was car- ried into Abraham’s bosom.” But it may actually derive from the Abraham Ward in England’s Bedlam asylum, whose in- mates were allowed out on certain days to go begging. In Abra- ham’s bosom is an expression for the happy repose of death, de- riving from the same source. |