Bold as Brass——厚顏無恥

** utterly impudent（絕對無禮）// audacious（大膽）// shameless（無恥）// not afraid at all（一點也不害怕）// very confident（非常自信）// very bold（非常大膽）

~~ 厚顏無恥；死皮賴臉；厚臉皮；厚顏；臉如城牆厚；膽大妄為；膽大包天；明目張膽；極為放肆

~~ as bold as brass（像黃銅一樣厚臉皮）// brazen // insensible // insolent // unabashed // fearless // unflinched // undaunted // unwavering // steadfast // resolutely

!! In early 1590s Shakespeare wrote in Love’s Labour’s Lost: “Can any face of brass hold longer out?” to mean impudent, insensible or shameless. He also wrote in 1605 in King Lear, “What a brazen-faced varlet (=valet) art thou (=you are)!” Thus brazen and brassy face for brass-like have been used in figurative sense of shameless.

（一五九○年代初，莎士比亞在《愛的徒勞》中寫道：“黃銅的面孔能還能撐下去嗎？”意指無禮、麻木或無恥。他還於一六○五年在《李爾王》中寫道：“你真是個厚顏無恥的無賴！”所以，黃銅色和黃銅般的面孔已被比喻為無恥的意思。）

>> The coach replaced goalkeeper Peter during the game, but he insisted on not leaving the field, bold as brass.

（教練在球賽中途換走守門員彼得，但他厚顏無恥不肯離場。）

>> This beggar went to a high-end restaurant to eat, bold as brass, but he only had HK$10 when the bill came. The manager kindly allowed him to wash dishes to pay for the meal.

（這乞丐竟膽大妄為到高級餐廳吃飯，但埋單時身上只有十港元，經理好心允許他洗碗以支付餐費。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師

李啟文　　教授