英语词汇cherish a serpent in his bosom的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cherish a serpent in his bosom
词源	cherish a serpent in his bosom. An ancient Greek legend tells of a man who found a frozen serpent that he put beneath his shirt against his breast, only to have the snake, revived by the warmth of his bosom, bite and kill him. The story, adapted by Shakespeare, became the basis of the saying to cherish (or nurse) a serpent in his bosom, “to show kindness to someone who proves ungrateful.”
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