a fool’s paradise
【字面理解】傻瓜的伊甸园
【英文解析】a state of happiness based on false hope
【中文解析】傻瓜的天堂;虚幻的幸福
【典型例句】① You’ve been living in a fool’s paradise. How long do you think we can go on spending our money without earning more?你一直陶醉在虚幻的幸福生活 中,你以为我们这样光花不挣能过多久呢?
② After my fortune was gone and seeming friends had turned their backs on me, I realized I had been living in a fool’s paradise.在耗尽了财产、所谓的朋友视我如陌 路人之后,我才明白自己过去一直陶醉在虚无飘渺的 乐境中。
【注释】源自莎士比亚的戏剧《罗米欧与朱丽叶》(Romeo and Juliet) : but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool’s paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior...(可是我要先明白地对您说一句,要 是真像人家说的,您想骗她做一场春梦,那可真是一 件顶坏的行为……)